astrict

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: as=trict

CIDE DICTIONARY

astrict, v. t. [L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See Astringe.].

•  To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.  [1913 Webster]

  "The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.  [1913 Webster]

  "The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought."  [1913 Webster]
•  To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4.  Burrill.  [1913 Webster]

astrict, a. 

 Concise; contracted.  Weever.  [1913 Webster]