Narrow

nar′ō, adj. of little breadth: of small extent from side to side: limited: contracted in mind: bigoted: not liberal: selfish: within a small distance: almost too small: close: accurate: careful.— n. (oftener used in the pl. ) a narrow pa age, channel, or strait.— v.t. to make narrow: to contract or confine.— v.i. to become narrow: to reduce the number of stitches in knitting.— adj. Narr′ow-gauge , denoting a railroad of le width than 4 ft. 8½ in.— n. Narr′owing , the act of making le in breadth: the state of being contracted: the part of anything which is made narrower.— adv. Narr′owly .— adj. Narr′ow-mind′ed , of a narrow or illiberal mind.— ns. Narr′ow-mind′edne ; Narr′owne .— adjs. Narr′ow-pry′ing ( Shak. ), scrutinising closely, inquisitive; Narr′ow-souled , illiberal.— Narrow cloth , cloth, esp. woollen, of le than 54 inches in width; Narrow work , in mining, the making of pa ages, air-shafts, . [A.S. nearu ; not conn. with near , but prob. with nerve , snare .]