prestriction

CIDE DICTIONARY

prestriction, n. [L. praestrictio a binding fast, fr. praestringere. See Pre-, and Stringent.].

 Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

prestriction

Blindness

N blindness, cecity, excecation, amaurosis, cataract, ablepsy, ablepsia, prestriction, dim-sightedness, Braille, Braille-type, guttaserena (drop serene), noctograph, teichopsia, blind, eyeless, sightless, visionless, dark, stone-blind, sand- blind, stark-blind, undiscerning, dimsighted, blind as a bat, blind as a buzzard, blind as a beetle, blind as a mole, blind as an owl, wall-eyed, blinded, blindly, blindfold, blindfolded, darkly, O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon.