astriction

Definitions

1. The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
   countable, uncountable
2. A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
   countable, uncountable
3. constipation
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. astringency
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
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

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Astriction of the Belly is commonly a sign⟳ of strong chylopocerick Organ”

“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”

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

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