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Webster 1913 Edition

Tightness

Tight′ness

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Noun.

The quality or condition of being tight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tightness

TIGHTNESS

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Noun.

Closeness of joints; compactness; straitness.

1.

Neatness, as in dress.

2.

Parsimoniousness; closeness in dealing.