Bible Dictionaries
Costive
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Reserved; formal; close; cold.
(2):
(a.) Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.
(3):
(a.) Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Costive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/costive.html. 1828.