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Narrow

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.

Narrow

Narrow (narrow)
n.(?)
Nar"row
; pl. Narrows ((?)).
  1. 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.

Narrow

Narrow (narrow)
v. t.
Nar"row
  1. To lessen the breadth of] to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
    Sir W. Temple.
  2. 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.

  3. To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

Narrow

Narrow (narrow)
v. i.
Nar"row
  1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
  2. Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
    Farrier's Dict.
  3. To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.












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