a. Obs. [a. Fr. anguste (Cotgr., 1611), ad. L. angust-us narrow, f. ang-ĕre to choke, squeeze tight.] Strait, narrow, compressed.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physic, 61/1. An angust neckede glasse. Ibid., 338/1. If so be the wounde weare anguste, or closed together.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., II. ii. III. (1651), 250–1. If … the aire be so angust, what proportion is there betwixt the other three Elements and it?
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., Introd. A great intestine, like that of a dogge, angust, and of a long figure.
