Definitions For Astriction

Noun

ASTRICTION. (countable and uncountable, plural ASTRICTIONs) The act of binding; restriction; obligation. (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance. : (Dunglison) (obsolete) constipation : (Arbuthnot) (obsolete) astringency : (Francis Bacon) (legal, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands grind, ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.) : (Bell)

Etymology

Ultimately from {{der, en, la, astrictio}}. {{etystub, en}}

Anagrams

citrations, trications