单词 | astriction |
释义 | astrictionn. 1. The action of binding or drawing close together, esp. the soft organic tissues; the state of being thus bound; constriction; constipation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > contraction constipationc1400 astriction1568 1568 W. Turner Herbal (rev. ed.) ii. 110 a Seth the gall if the disease requyre great adstriction or bindyng..in wyne. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick ii. i. 63 This Disease is also begot by adstriction..of the Optick Nerves. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 268 Subject to Astriction of the Belly. 1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Astriction, term for the act of using, or the state produced by the use of, astringent medicines; also for constipation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > quality of stypticityc1400 stypticnessc1425 stypticalness1528 astriction1551 strictiveness1580 astringency1601 restringency1759 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) 94 The roote is full of iuice, bytyng wyth a certayne astriction. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 251 The tast of astriction, or an earthly sharpness or harshness. 1752 J. Pringle in Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 552 Endued with Qualities of..Astriction, and the like. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun] artingc1400 oblige1475 obligationc1485 astrictionc1540 religion1578 obligence1610 engagement1636 responsibility1780 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ii. xiv. f. 19/2 He wald bynd hym..vnder quhat astrictionis thay plesit. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint sig. K3 Linked together by astriction of firme amity. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 20 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 adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > obligations of tenants > to have corn ground at particular mill sokenc1386 sucken1423 suitc1460 suit dutyc1460 thirl1564 astriction1619 suckening1636 1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 6 If astriction to holy and Ceremoniall persons..maketh a thing truely Legall and Ceremoniall. 1836 S. Laing Jrnl. Resid. Norway i. 48 In Norway there is no astriction to mills. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1540 |
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