Chapter Stool—pigeon to Street-walker of S by Soule's Synonymes

Strain, n.

1. Extreme tension.

2. Over-exertion, violent effort, great exertion.

3. Sprain, wrench.

4. Tune, melody, movement.

5. Poem, lay, song, sonnet.

6. Style, manner

7. Turn, tendency, disposition, inborn disposition.

8. Bearing, conduct, port, manner of action.

9. Stock, race, descent, family, lineage, pedigree, descent, extraction.

Strait, a.

1. Narrow, close, contracted, constricted, constrained, confined.

2. Strict, rigorous, rigid, severe.

3. Difficult, distressful, straitened, grievous.

Strait, a.

1. Narrow pass (especially between two seas), gut, narrows.

2. Distress, difficulty, perplexity, dilemma, embarrassment, pinch, exigency, emergency, critical situation, distressing necessity, pass.

Straiten, v. a.

1. Confine, limit, constrict, contract, constrain.

2. Narrow.