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† anˈgust, a. Obs.
[a. Fr. anguste (Cotgr. 1611), ad. L. angust-us narrow, f. ang-ĕre to choke, squeeze tight.]
Strait, narrow, compressed.
1599A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physic 61/1 An angust neckede glasse. Ibid. 338/1 If so be the wounde weare anguste, or closed together. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iii. (1651) 251 If..the aire be so angust, what proportion is there between the other three Elements and it? 1661Lovell Hist. An. & Min. Introd., A great intestine, like that of a dogge, angust, and of a long figure. |