As-trict′1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ASTRICTED; p. pr. & vb. n. ASTRICTING.] [Lat. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See ASTRINGE.]
Sense 1. To bind fast; to confine. [Rare.] Hall.
Sense 2. To constrict; to contract. “The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted.” Arbuthnot.
Sense 3. (Scots Law.) To restrict the tenure of;—applied to lands, which are said to be astricted to a mill, when the possessor is bound to carry the grain of the growth of the land to be ground at such mill. Burrill.