NARROW, v.t.
1.To lessen the breadth of; to contract.
A government, by alienating the affections of the people, may be said to narrow its bottom.
2. To contract in extent; as, to narrow ones influence; to narrow the faculties or capacity.
3. To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to limit; to confine; as, to narrow our views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.
4. In knitting, to contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one.
NARROW, v.i.
1. To become less broad; to contract in breadth. At that place, the sea narrows into a strait.
2. In horsemanship, a horse is said to narrow, when he does not take ground enough, or bear out enough to the one hand or the other.
3. To contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one.
