Astriction

//əˈstɹɪk.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of binding; restriction; obligation. countable, uncountable

    "So of marriage he is the author and the witness; yet hence will not follow any divine astriction more than what is subordinate to the glory of God, and the main good of either party."

  2. 2
    A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    constipation countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Astriction of the Belly is commonly a sign of strong chylopocerick Organ"

  4. 4
    astringency countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Myrobalanes have it ; and it may be the barks of peaches : for this virtue requireth an astriction ; but such an astriction as is not grateful to the body"

  5. 5
    An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.) Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable

    "Payment of dry multures will even imply a title; being exclusive of any other supposition than astriction"

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin astrictio.

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