straitness

[Eng. strait (2), a.; -ne .] 1. Narrowne . "The town was hard to besiege, and uneasy to come unto, by reason of the straitne of all the places." 2 Maccabees xii. 21. *2. Strictne , rigor. IMG:content-0389.png:[blocks in formation] WEED (q. v.), from a wholesale poisoning from its use occurring in the colony at James town, Va. [DATURA, DATURIN.]