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anguish
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anise
annulet
arm
ax
band
basin
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catholic
channel
chest
chinky
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cole-seed
compass
compendious
compendiousness
comprehension
comprehensiveness
compress
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culmiferous
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edge
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eye
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floating-bridge
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furrow
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incaging
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inkle
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label
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landstreight
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loke
look
man
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modesty-piece
moss
mucronated
narrow
narrowed
narrowing
narrowings
narrowly
narrowness
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near
necessitous
neck
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nook
notch
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omphacite
pale
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parceling
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part
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pathway
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ribin
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summary
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1828 Definition

NARROW, a. I suspect this word and near to be contracted by the loss of g, nig, narrow, strait; nigiaw, to narrow; for the D. has naauw, narrow, close, G. with a prefix. In this case, the word belongs to the root of nigh; to approach.

1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow sea; a narrow hem or border. It is only or chiefly applied to the surface of flat or level bodies.

2. Of little extent; very limited; as a narrow space or compass.

3. Covetous; not liberal or bountiful; as a narrow heart.

4. Contracted; of confined views or sentiments; very limited.

The greatest understanding is narrow.

In this sense and the former, it is often prefixed to mind or soul, & c. ; as narrow-minded; narrow-souled; narrow-hearted.

5. Near; within a small distance.

6. Close; near; accurate; scrutinizing; as a narrow search; narrow inspection.

7. Near; barely sufficient to avoid evil; as a narrow escape.

NARROW, n. A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. It is usually in the plural, but sometimes in the singular.

1913 Definition
Narrow (narrow)
a.(?)
Nar"row
[Compar. Narrower (?); superl. Narrowest.] [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.]
  1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

    Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. Shak.

  2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

    The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world. Bp. Wilkins.

  3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.
    Dryden.
  4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
  5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
    "A narrow understanding." Macaulay.
  6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

    A very narrow and stinted charity. Smalridge.

  7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

    But first with narrow search I must walk round
    This garden, and no corner leave unspied.     Milton.

  8. Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as ***emacr] (***emacr]ve) and ***oomac] (f***oomac]d), etc., from ***ibreve] (***ibreve]ll) and ***oocr] (f***oocr]t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 13.

    * Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words, especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as, narrow-bordered, narrow- brimmed, narrow-breasted, narrow-edged, narrow- faced, narrow-headed, narrow-leaved, narrow- pointed, narrow-souled, narrow-sphered, etc.

    Narrow gauge. (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n., 6.

  9. A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.

    Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous
    narrow.     Gladstone.

  10. To lessen the breadth of] to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
    Sir W. Temple.
  11. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.

    Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. I. Watts.

  12. To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
  13. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
  14. Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
    Farrier's Dict.
  15. To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
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