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n.
A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
a.
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Astrict
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Astringe
a.
Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
n.
A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.
n.
An astringent.
a.
Astrictive.
n.
A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.
a.
Binding; astringent.
imp. & p. p.
of Astrict
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste.
n.
A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
n.
The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.
imp. & p. p.
of Astringe
v. t.
To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.
v. t.
To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4.
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.
adv.
In an astringent manner.
n.
Astringency.
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