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ˈover-ˈstrait, a.
[f. over- 28 + strait a.]
†a. Too strict or severe. Obs.
b. Too narrow.
1538Starkey England ii. iii. 197 Dethe ys ouer-strayte punnyschment for al such theft pryuely commyttyd. 1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer iii. (1577) P vij b, Kepte vnder with ouerstreight looking to, or beaten of their husbandes or fathers. 1645Bp. Hall Remedy Discontents 91 For the enlarging of their over-strait lodgings, hard at work.
So ˈover-ˈstraitly adv.; ˈover-ˈstraitness. Also ˌover-ˈstraiten v.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xvii. 1 Some take the woorde overstreightly. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Severité, crueltie, ouerstraightnesse. 1679T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 160 The fourth Commandment doth not bind Christians over-streightly. 1735Phil. Trans. XXXIX. 58 To prevent the Juice, that re-unites the Wound..from overstreightening the Canal. |