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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tighter  \Tight"er\,  n. 
  A  ribbon  or  string  used  to  draw  clothes  closer.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tight  \Tight\,  a.  [Compar.  {Tighter};  superl.  {Tightest}.]  [OE. 
  tight,  thiht  probably  of  Scand.  origin;  cf  Icel.  ?[=e]ttr, 
  Dan.  t[ae]t,  Sw  t["a]t:  akin  to  D.  &  G.  dicht  thick,  tight, 
  and  perhaps  to  E.  thee  to  thrive,  or  to  thick.  Cf  {Taut}.] 
  1.  Firmly  held  together;  compact;  not  loose  or  open  as 
  tight  cloth;  a  tight  knot. 
 
  2.  Close  so  as  not  to  admit  the  passage  of  a  liquid  or  other 
  fluid;  not  leaky;  as  a  tight  ship;  a  tight  cask;  a  tight 
  room  --  often  used  in  this  sense  as  the  second  member  of 
  a  compound;  as  water-tight;  air-tight. 
 
  3.  Fitting  close  or  too  close  to  the  body;  as  a  tight  coat 
  or  other  garment. 
 
  4.  Not  ragged;  whole;  neat;  tidy. 
 
  Clad  very  plain,  but  clean  and  tight.  --Evelyn. 
 
  I'll  spin  and  card,  and  keep  our  children  tight. 
  --Gay. 
 
  5.  Close  parsimonious;  saving;  as  a  man  tight  in  his 
  dealings.  [Colloq.] 
 
  6.  Not  slack  or  loose;  firmly  stretched;  taut;  --  applied  to 
  a  rope,  chain,  or  the  like  extended  or  stretched  out 
 
  7.  Handy;  adroit;  brisk.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  8.  Somewhat  intoxicated;  tipsy.  [Slang] 
 
  9.  (Com.)  Pressing;  stringent;  not  easy;  firmly  held;  dear; 
  --  said  of  money  or  the  money  market.  Cf  {Easy},  7.




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