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astray | astreus | astreus hygrometricus | astreus pteridis | astrict | astriction | astrictive | astrictory | astride | astriferous | astringe

astriction

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as=tric=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

astrictionn. [L. astrictio.].
  •  The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.  Arbuthnot.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Astringency.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.  Bell.  [1913 Webster]
    " The lands were said to be astricted to the mill."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

astriction

Junction

N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.


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