The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation. Milton.
A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy. Dunglison.
Constipation. Arbuthnot.
Astringency. [Obs.] Bacon.
An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. Bell.
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