tightenedadj.
/ˈtʌɪt(ə)nd/ Made or become tight; drawn tight or close; tense, stretched; firm, rigid; constricted.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > taut > made taut
well-haledc1400
spanned1598
braced1633
straitened1667
tensed1676
tightened1760
tended1800
tautened1838
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > of knots or bands > drawn tight
tightened1810
1760 F. Fawkes tr. Anacreon Odes in tr. Anacreon Wks. lix. 7 With tighten'd Rein, I'll urge thee round the dusty Plain.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 93 Malcolm did..bind..His ample plaid in tightened fold.
1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 10 Aug. Like a sigh heaved up from the tightened chest of a sick man.
1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. x. 159 The tightened grasp of her hand confessed her understanding of the thing she pressed to hear repeated.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 48 The pulse may be but little changed [in angina], yet it is sometimes tightened.
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