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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASTRICTION

n. 1. The act of binding close, or compressing with ligatures.
2. A contraction of parts by applications; the stopping of hemorrhages.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASTRICTION

As *tric "tion, n. Etym: [L. astrictio.]

1. The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation. Milton.

2. (Med. ) (a ) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy. Dunglison. (b ) Constipation. Arbuthnot.

3. Astringency. [Obs. ] Bacon.

4. (Scots Law )

Defn: An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. Bell.

Note: The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.