The quality of being strait, in various senses. Tightness of the chest; difficulty or ‘shortness’ (of breathing). Obsolete.

Tightness, constriction.

= pursiness, n. 1.

The condition of being pursy; shortness of breath, breathlessness, dyspnoea.

= short-windedness n. at short-winded, adj. derivatives.

a dyspnœic condition, breathlessness.

A narrow opening or part (rare); narrowness, constriction; tightness (of the chest). Cf. angustation, n., angustity, n. 1.

Medicine. Constriction or tightness (of the chest). Cf. angustation, n., angustness, n. Obsolete.

Shortness in other relations. rare and forced.

The state or condition of being breathless; difficulty in breathing; absence of breath. Also: the quality of being frenetic.

a state or condition of being short-winded, dyspnœa; also figurative.

Difficulty of breathing; laborious breathing.

transferred. Constriction felt (as in breathing); hardness (of the pulse). Cf. tightened, adj.

Tendency to puff and pant, short-windedness. Obsolete. rare.