Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Astrict"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Astrict \As*trict"\, a.
Concise; contracted. [Obs.] --Weever.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Astrict \As*trict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astricted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Astricting}.] [L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See
{Astringe}.]
1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.

The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted.
--Arbuthnot.

2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.]

The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or
forms of thought. --Sir W.
Hamilton.

3. (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict
lands. See {Astriction}, 4. --Burrill.

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