OBSTRUCTION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

2.
n.

That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. A popular assembly free from obstruction. Swift.

3.
n.

The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death. [Poetic] To die, and go we know not where, To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot. Shak.