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Astriction
//əˈstɹɪk.ʃən// noun
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Noun
- 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 A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance. countable, uncountable
- 3 constipation countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Astriction of the Belly is commonly a sign of strong chylopocerick Organ"
- 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 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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