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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English spelling of
strait .
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Examples
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And thanne thei schullen chacen him and pursuen him so streyte, tille that he come to the same place, that he cam fro.
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And thanne thei schullen chacen him and pursuen him so streyte, tille that he come to the same place, that he cam fro.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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¶ Brased so streyte þat he may not plye, but gaderyth yt by maner_e_ of a wyndlas;
Caxton's Book of Curtesye Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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¶ Lose not yo_u_r gyrdyll [e] syttyng at yo_u_r mete, ffor _tha_t is a tache of vncurtesye; but yff ye seme ye be enbrased streyte, or than ye sytte, amend yt secretly 200
Caxton's Book of Curtesye Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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And the noblesse of the wommen, is for to haven smale feet and litille: and therfore anon as thei ben born, they leet bynde hire feet so streyte, that thei may not growen half as nature wolde; and alle weys theise damyseles, that I spak of beforn, syngen alle the tyme that this riche man etethe: and whan that he etethe no more of his firste cours, than other 5 and 5 of faire damyseles bryngen him his seconde cours, alle weys syngynge, as thei dide beforn.
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And the noblesse of the wommen, is for to haven smale feet and litille: and therfore anon as thei ben born, they leet bynde hire feet so streyte, that thei may not growen half as nature wolde; and alle weys theise damyseles, that I spak of beforn, syngen alle the tyme that this riche man etethe: and whan that he etethe no more of his firste cours, than other 5 and 5 of faire damyseles bryngen him his seconde cours, alle weys syngynge, as thei dide beforn.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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a little necke of lande in 40. degrees of latitude, much lyke the streyte necke or istmus of Dariena.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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