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astriction|əˈstrɪkʃən|
Also 6–7 adstriction.
[ad. L. a(d)strictiōn-em, n. of action f. astringĕre to astringe. Cf. F. astriction, 16th c. in Littré.]
1. The action of binding or drawing close together, esp. the soft organic tissues; the state of being thus bound; constriction; constipation.
1568Turner Herbal ii. 110 a, Seth the gall if the disease requyre great adstriction or bindyng..in wyne. 1655Culpepper Riverius ii. i. 63 This Disease is also begot by adstriction..of the Optick Nerves. 1732Arbuthnot Rules Diet 268 Subject to Astriction of the Belly. 1853Mayne Exp. Lex., Astriction, term for the act of using, or the state produced by the use of, astringent medicines; also for constipation.
†2. Astringent quality, astringency. Obs.
1551Turner Herbal (1568) 94 The roote is full of iuice, bytyng wyth a certayne astriction. 1662Chandler Van Helmont's Oriatr. 251 The tast of astriction, or an earthly sharpness or harshness. 1750Pringle in Phil. Trans. XLVI. 552 Endued with Qualities of..Astriction, and the like.
†3. Moral or legal binding; obligation, bond. ? Obs.
1536Bellendene Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 56 He wald bind him..under quhat astrictionis thay plesit. a1631J. Done Aristeas (1633) 141 Linked together by astriction of firme amity. 1643Milton Divorce xiii. (1851) 53 Hence will not follow any divine astriction more then what is subordinate to the glory of God.
4. Restriction; spec. obligation to have grain ground at a particular mill: see astricted.
1619Sacrilege Sacr. Handled 6 If astriction to holy and Ceremoniall persons..maketh a thing truely Legall and Ceremoniall. 1836S. Laing Resid. Norway i. 48 In Norway there is no astriction to mills. |