English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Astringent
Astringent
(a.)
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; --
opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent
taste; astringent fruit.
Astringent
(a.)
Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
Astringent
(n.)
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction
in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus,
etc.