straint

== English == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps partly from Middle French estrainte, estreinte, from Old French estrainte, estreinte; and perhaps partly taken from a clipping of English contraint, restraint, etc. See strain. === Noun === straint (obsolete) Strain (tension of overexertion). === References === “straint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === start in, transit, Transit, startin', Tristan