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 Nar·row·er n. One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.
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 Nar·row a. [Compar. Narrower superl. Narrowest.]
 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
    Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas.   --Shak.
 2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
    The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world.   --Bp. Wilkins.
 3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near5; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow majority.
 4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
 5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. “A narrow understanding.”
 6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
    A very narrow and stinted charity.   --Smalridge.
 7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
 But first with narrow search I must walk round
 This garden, and no corner leave unspied.   --Milton.
 8. Phon. Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as ē (ēve) and ōō (fōōd), etc., from ĭ (ĭll) and ŏŏ (fŏŏt), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, §13.
 Note: ☞ Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words, especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as, narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted, narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed, narrow-leaved, narrow-pointed, narrow-souled, narrow-sphered, etc.
 Narrow gauge. Railroad See Note under Gauge, n., 6.