thightness
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[edit]Noun
[edit]thightness (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of tightness.
- 1795, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Norfolk, page 271:
- There are men, whose good sense and discernment have shewn this matter to them in its true light, and who are fully aware that the “proof” of their turnep[sic] crop depends more on its “thightness” than on the size of the plant.
- 1796, The Taylor's Complete Guide, page 102:
- […] when a coat cannot be worn, through thightness or constriction in the scye, let out the shoulder […]