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Word Meanings - ASTRINGENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. 2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.

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  • RESTRAINABLE
    Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
  • BINDING POST
    A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.
  • BINDING
    That binds; obligatory. Binding beam , the main timber in double flooring. -- Binding joist , the secondary timber in double-framed flooring. Syn. -- Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.
  • RESTRAINEDLY
    With restraint. Hammond.
  • STYPTICAL
    Styptic; astringent.
  • BINDING SCREW
    A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.
  • RESTRAIN
    restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or 1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down;
  • RESTRAINMENT
    The act of restraining.
  • BINDERY
    A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.
  • ASTRINGENTLY
    In an astringent manner.
  • COSTIVE
    constiper, L. constipare to press closely together, to cram; con- + stipare to press together, cram. See Stipulate, Stiff, and cf. 1. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated. 2. Reserved; formal;
  • BIND
    bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh to bind, cf. Gr. cable, and L. 1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to
  • RESTRAINT
    1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below
  • STYPTIC
    Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. Styptic weed , an American leguminous herb closely related to the wild senna.
  • BINDINGLY
    So as to bind.
  • ASTRINGENT
    1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. 2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
  • BINDWEED
    A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed ; the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed. The fragile bindweed bells
  • COSTIVELY
    In a costive manner.
  • RESTRICTIVE
    1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade. 2. Astringent or styptic in effect. Wiseman. -- Re*strict"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*strict"ive*ness, n.
  • COSTIVENESS
    1. An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation. 2. Inability to express one's self; stiffness. A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in public elocution with myself. Wakefield.
  • SUBINDIVIDUAL
    A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton.
  • SPELLBIND
    To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
  • SUBASTRINGENT
    Somewhat astringent.
  • SUBINDEX
    A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.
  • UNRESTRAINT
    Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.
  • BOOKBINDERY
    A bookbinder's shop; a place or establishment for binding books.
  • ADSTRINGENT
    See ASTRINGENT
  • RESTRINGENT
    Restringing; astringent; styptic. -- n.

 

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