strait

Sweet oil was poured out on thy head

And ran down like cool rain between

The strait close locks it melted in.

to follow the strait and narrow

Palamon. […] Stay a little, / Is not this peece too streight? / Arcite. No, no, tis well.

After the noble Prince Leonatus had by his fathers death succeeded in the kingdome of Galatia, he (forgetting all former iniuries) had receiued that naughtie Plexirtus into a streight degree of fauour […]

But to make your strait Circumstances yet straiter, for the Sake of idle Gratifications, and distress yourselves in Necessaries, only to indulge in Trifles and Vanities, delicate Food, shewish Dress, ensnaring Diversions, is every Way wrong.

[…] I do not ask you much, / I beg cold comfort; and you are so strait / And so ingrateful, you deny me that.

A strait Line over a Vowel denotes the Omission of the Letter m or n following:

quā--quam‖nō--non‖[…]

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The strait Line over m in the Middle of a Word denotes the Omission of the Letter n following:

om̄es--omnes‖om̄ia--omnia