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(1):

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

(2):

(a.) Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Astringent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/astringent.html. 1828.
 
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