English English Dictionary

Binding; astringent.

An astringent.

Astrictive.

With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.

Bearing stars.

To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

To bind by moral or legal obligation.

of Astringe

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.

Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.

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

In an astringent manner.

A falconer who keeps a goshawk.

of Astringe

The combining form of the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star.

Alt. of Astrofell

A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort.

The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens.

The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.