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a. See Astringent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Astringed p. pr. & vb. n. Astringing ] [ L. astringere; ad + stringere to draw tight. Cf. Astrict, and see Strain, v. t. ] 1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which contraction . . . astringeth the moisture of the brain and thereby sendeth tears into the eyes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. Wolsey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. astringens, p. pr. of astringere: cf. F. astringent. See Astringe. ] 1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

External astringents are called styptics. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an astringent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ostreger, OF. ostrucier, F. autoursier, fr. OF. austour, ostor, hawk, F. autour; cf. L. acceptor, for accipiter, hawk. ] A falconer who keeps a goshawk. [ Obs. ] Shak. Cowell. [ Written also austringer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. 1. Furnished with bowstring. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Put to death with a bowstring; strangled. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Constringed p. pr. & vb. n. Constringing. ] [ L. constringere. See onstrain. ] To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. constringens, p. pr. ] Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. noncontractive. Opposite of astringent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Obstriction. ] To constrain; to put under obligation. [ R. ] Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. perstringere; per + stringere to bind up, to touch upon. ] 1. To touch; to graze; to glance on. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To criticise; to touch upon. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Restringed p. pr. & vb. n. Restringing ] [ L. restringere. See Restrain. ] To confine; to contract; to stringe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Petty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. restringens, p. pr.: cf. F. restringent. ] Restringing; astringent; styptic. [ Obs. ] -- n. A restringent medicine. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having strings; as, a stringed instrument. Ps. cl. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Produced by strings. “Answering the stringed noise.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being stringent. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It. ] (Mus.) Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stringens, -entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See Strain. ] Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. [ 1913 Webster ]

They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Strin"gent*ly, adv. -- Strin"gent*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A libertine; a wencher. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Newspapers) A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also string correspondent. [ PJC ]

7. (Aviation) a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage. [ PJC ]