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† deˈstrayt Obs. Also -te, -tte. [a. OF. destreit (-ait, -oit), mod.F. détroit ‘a strait, a narrow place or passage, a defile, a confined place’:—late pop. L. district-um, from districtus tight, strict, severe, pa. pple. of distringĕre to distrain: cf. district.] A narrow pass or defile.1481 Caxton ...
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▪ I. † diˈstrait, n. Obs. [later form of destrait, destrayt, OF. destreit, mod.F. détroit:—L. district-um.] a. A narrow passage (of land or water); an isthmus or strait; b. a strait or difficult situation; c. a district.1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. vi, [The winds] remysed us in to the cruel dystrayt...
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