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单词 astriction
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astrictionn.

/əˈstrɪkʃən/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s adstriction.
Etymology: < Latin a(d)strictiōn-em, noun of action < astringĕre to astringe v. Compare French astriction, 16th cent. in Littré.
1. The action of binding or drawing close together, esp. the soft organic tissues; the state of being thus bound; constriction; constipation.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > contraction
constipationc1400
astriction1568
1568 W. Turner Herbal (rev. ed.) ii. 110 a Seth the gall if the disease requyre great adstriction or bindyng..in wyne.
1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick ii. i. 63 This Disease is also begot by adstriction..of the Optick Nerves.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 268 Subject to Astriction of the Belly.
1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Astriction, term for the act of using, or the state produced by the use of, astringent medicines; also for constipation.
2. Astringent quality, astringency. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > quality of
stypticityc1400
stypticnessc1425
stypticalness1528
astriction1551
strictiveness1580
astringency1601
restringency1759
1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) 94 The roote is full of iuice, bytyng wyth a certayne astriction.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 251 The tast of astriction, or an earthly sharpness or harshness.
1752 J. Pringle in Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 552 Endued with Qualities of..Astriction, and the like.
3. Moral or legal binding; obligation, bond. ? Obsolete.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [noun]
artingc1400
oblige1475
obligationc1485
astrictionc1540
religion1578
obligence1610
engagement1636
responsibility1780
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ii. xiv. f. 19/2 He wald bynd hym..vnder quhat astrictionis thay plesit.
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint sig. K3 Linked together by astriction of firme amity.
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 20 Hence will not follow any divine astriction more then what is subordinate to the glory of God.
4. Restriction; spec. obligation to have grain ground at a particular mill: see astricted adj.
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society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > obligations of tenants > to have corn ground at particular mill
sokenc1386
sucken1423
suitc1460
suit dutyc1460
thirl1564
astriction1619
suckening1636
1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 6 If astriction to holy and Ceremoniall persons..maketh a thing truely Legall and Ceremoniall.
1836 S. Laing Jrnl. Resid. Norway i. 48 In Norway there is no astriction to mills.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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