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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Stricture

Strī'a-tūre, n.

noun

(53), n. [Lat. striatura. See STRIATE.] A stria, or channel of a striated surface. Dana.

Strĭct'ūre, n.

noun

(strĭkt'/yur, 53), n. [Lat. strictura, a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight, to touch upon; Fr. stricture, It. strettura.]

  1. Strictness. [Obs.] “A man of stricture and firm abstinence.” Shak.
  2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] Hale.
  3. A touch of adverse criticism; critical remark; censure.

I have given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on every passage. Hammond. 4. (Med.) A drawing; a spastic or other morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Arbuthnot.