astriction
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Is astriction a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.countableuncountable
2. (obsolete) constipationExamples: "Astriction of the Belly is commonly a sign of strong chylopocerick Organ"countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (obsolete) astringencyExamples: "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"countableobsoleteuncountable
4. (law, Scotland, historical) 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.)Examples: "Payment of dry multures will even imply a title; being exclusive of any other supposition than astriction"Scotlandcountablehistoricaluncountable
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