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Word Meanings - MARTINET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or

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  • TIGHTENER
    That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
  • MARTINETISM
    The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.
  • TIGHT
    p. p. of Tie. Spenser.
  • DISCIPLINARIAN
    Pertaining to discipline. "Displinarian system." Milman.
  • MARTINETA
    A species of tinamou , having a long slender crest.
  • TIGHTNESS
    The quality or condition of being tight.
  • TIGHTEN
    To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley , a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
  • TIGHTER
    A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
  • MARTINET
    In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or
  • TIGHTLY
    In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
  • TIGHTS
    Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
  • WINDTIGHT
    So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
  • WATER-TIGHT
    So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
  • HIGHTY-TIGHTY
    Hoity-toity.
  • GASTIGHT
    So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
  • RAIN-TIGHT
    So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.
  • UNTIGHTEN
    To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
  • HAND-TIGHT
    As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.
  • AIR-TIGHT
    So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
  • STICK-TIGHT
    Beggar's ticks.

 

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