astrictĭo

ōnis, f.

astringo

I. A power of contracting, astringency: herba gustūs amari cum adstrictione, Plin. 27, 10, 59, § 83.—
II. The act of sharpening, Cod. Th. 1, 4, 3.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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