Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stricture"

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

Stricture \Stric"ture\, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from
stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See
{Strict}.]
1. Strictness. [Obs.]

A man of stricture and firm abstinence. --Shak.

2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.

3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.

[I have] given myself the liberty of these
strictures by way of reflection on all and every
passage. --Hammond.

4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of
the body. Cf. {Organic stricture}, and {Spasmodic
stricture}, under {Organic}, and {Spasmodic}. --Arbuthnot.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

stricture
n 1: abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: {stenosis}]
2: severe criticism

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