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subaˈstringent, a. and n.
[sub- 21 b.]
A. adj. Somewhat astringent.
1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 99/2 The Spirit of Mint,..stomachick, cephalick,..and subastringent. 1719Quincy Lex. Physico-Med. (1722) 40 A soft, healing, sub⁓astringent Balsamick. 1788Phil. Trans. LXXX. 280 It had a slight saline, sub-astringent taste. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 304 The plant yields a sub-astringent gum.
B. n. A sub-astringent substance.
1756P. Browne Jamaica 208 All the plants of this tribe are mild subastringents and vulneraries. |