"Angust" is a word in ENGLISH

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian …

A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.

A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the …

To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of …

To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.

A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; …

A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, …

Narrow; not broad.

A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, …

Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to …

A narrow pass or passage.

To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.

The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.

To pass over a strait or narrow sea.