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- English Word Astricting Definition of Astrict
- English Word Astriction Definition The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
- English Word Astriction Definition A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.
- English Word Astriction Definition Constipation.
- English Word Astriction Definition Astringency.
- English Word Astriction Definition An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.
- English Word Astrictive Definition Binding; astringent.
- English Word Astrictive Definition An astringent.
- English Word Astrictory Definition Astrictive.
- English Word Astride Definition With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
- English Word Astriferous Definition Bearing stars.
- English Word Astringe Definition To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
- English Word Astringe Definition To bind by moral or legal obligation.
- English Word Astringed Definition of Astringe
- English Word Astringency Definition The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
- English Word Astringent Definition Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
- English Word Astringent Definition Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
- English Word Astringent Definition A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
- English Word Astringently Definition In an astringent manner.
- English Word Astringer Definition A falconer who keeps a goshawk.
- English Word Astringing Definition of Astringe
- English Word Astro- Definition The combining form of the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star.
- English Word Astrofel Definition Alt. of Astrofell
- English Word Astrofell Definition A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort.
- English Word Astrogeny Definition The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens.
- English Word Astrognosy Definition The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.
- English Word Astrogony Definition Same as Astrogeny.
- English Word Astrography Definition The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- English Word Astroite Definition A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone.
- English Word Astrolabe Definition An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.