Astriction

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As`tric´tion

n.	1.	The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
	2.	(Med.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.
	3.	Astringency.
	4.	(Scots Law) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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