astriction

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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

词形变化

astrictions plural adstriction alternative

词源

Ultimately from Latin astrictio.
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