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AdstrictoryAdstrictory Ad*stric"to*ry, a.
See Astrictory. Antimagistrical
Antimagistrical An`ti*ma*gis"tric*al, a. [Pref. anti- +
magistrical for magistratical.]
Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.]
--South.
Astrict
Astrict As*trict", a.
Concise; contracted. [Obs.] --Weever.
AstrictAstrict As*trict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astricted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Astricting.] [L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See
Astringe.]
1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted.
--Arbuthnot.
2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.]
The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or
forms of thought. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
3. (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict
lands. See Astriction, 4. --Burrill. AstrictedAstrict As*trict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astricted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Astricting.] [L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See
Astringe.]
1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted.
--Arbuthnot.
2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.]
The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or
forms of thought. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
3. (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict
lands. See Astriction, 4. --Burrill. AstrictingAstrict As*trict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astricted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Astricting.] [L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See
Astringe.]
1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted.
--Arbuthnot.
2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.]
The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or
forms of thought. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
3. (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict
lands. See Astriction, 4. --Burrill. Astriction
Astriction As*tric"tion, n. [L. astrictio.]
1. The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
--Milton.
2. (Med.)
(a) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of
an astringent substance on the animal economy.
--Dunglison.
(b) Constipation. --Arbuthnot.
3. Astringency. [Obs.] --Bacon.
4. (Scots Law) An obligation to have the grain growing on
certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a
toll. --Bell.
Note: The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.
AstrictiveAstrictive As*tric"tive, a.
Binding; astringent. -- n. An astringent. --
As*tric"tive*ly, adv. AstrictivelyAstrictive As*tric"tive, a.
Binding; astringent. -- n. An astringent. --
As*tric"tive*ly, adv. Astrictory
Astrictory As*tric"to*ry, a.
Astrictive. [R.]
Awe-stricken
Awe-stricken Awe"-strick`en, a.
Awe-struck.
Bascanium constrictorBlack snake Black" snake` (sn[=a]k) or Blacksnake
Black"snake, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in
the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer,
sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis,
seven or eight feet long.
Note: The name is also applied to various other black
serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica. Boa constrictorBoa constrictor Bo"a con*strict"or [NL. See Boa, and
Constrictor.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes
twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.
Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and
yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by
constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other
large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to
those of the genus Python, found in Asia and Africa. Cacogastric
Cacogastric Cac`o*gas"tric, a. [Gr. ????? bad + ??????
stomach.]
Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] --Carlyle.
Congressional districtDistrict Dis"trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L.
districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See
Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the
power of coercing and punishing.
2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state,
town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral,
or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial
district, land district, school district, etc.
To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district not exceeding ten miles square. --The
Constitution
of the United
States.
3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a
country; a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie.
--Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional.
District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United
States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases
within a judicial district.
District judge, one who presides over a district court.
District school, a public school for the children within a
school district. [U.S.]
Syn: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region;
country. Congressional DistrictCongressional Con*gres"sion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress
of the United States; as, congressional debates.
Congressional and official labor. --E. Everett.
Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a
State is periodically divided (according to population),
each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the
Congress of the United States. ConstrictConstrict Con*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constricted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constricting.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
constringere. See Constrain.]
To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot.
Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
contraction serves to constrict. --Todd &
Bowman. ConstrictedConstrict Con*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constricted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constricting.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
constringere. See Constrain.]
To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot.
Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
contraction serves to constrict. --Todd &
Bowman. Constricted
Constricted Con*strict"ed, a.
1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in
certain places or parts than in others.
ConstrictingConstrict Con*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constricted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constricting.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
constringere. See Constrain.]
To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot.
Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
contraction serves to constrict. --Todd &
Bowman. Constriction
Constriction Con*stric"tion, n. [L. constrictio: cf. F.
constriction.]
1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or
by movement or change in the thing itself, as
distinguished from compression.
2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is
constricted; a narrowing or binding.
A constriction of the parts inservient to speech.
--Grew.
Constrictive
Constrictive Con*strict"ive, a.
Serving or tending to bind or constrict.
Constrictor
Constrictor Con*strict"or, n.
1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or
which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and
crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
Digastric
Digastric Di*gas"tric, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? belly:
cf. F. digastrique.] (Anat.)
(a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles
which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the
middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower
jaw.
(b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as,
the digastric nerves.
District
District Dis"trict, a. [L. districtus, p. p.]
Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
Punishing with the rod of district severity. --Foxe.
DistrictDistrict Dis"trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L.
districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See
Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the
power of coercing and punishing.
2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state,
town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral,
or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial
district, land district, school district, etc.
To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district not exceeding ten miles square. --The
Constitution
of the United
States.
3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a
country; a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie.
--Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional.
District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United
States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases
within a judicial district.
District judge, one who presides over a district court.
District school, a public school for the children within a
school district. [U.S.]
Syn: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region;
country. DistrictDistrict Dis"trict, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Districting.]
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory;
as, legislatures district States for the choice of
representatives. District attorneyDistrict Dis"trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L.
districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See
Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the
power of coercing and punishing.
2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state,
town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral,
or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial
district, land district, school district, etc.
To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district not exceeding ten miles square. --The
Constitution
of the United
States.
3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a
country; a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie.
--Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional.
District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United
States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases
within a judicial district.
District judge, one who presides over a district court.
District school, a public school for the children within a
school district. [U.S.]
Syn: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region;
country.
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