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Definition of stringent
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Stringendo
(a.)
Urging
or
hastening
the time, as to a
climax..
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Tight
::
Tight
(superl.)
Pressing;
stringent;
not easy;
firmly
held; dear; -- said of money or the money
market.
Cf. Easy, 7..
Guava
::
Guava (n.) A
tropical
tree, or its
fruit,
of the genus
Psidium.
Two
varieties
are well
known,
the P.
pyriferum,
or white
guava,
and P.
pomiferum,
or red
guava.
The fruit or berry is
shaped
like a
pomegranate,
but is much
smaller.
It is
somewhat
astringent,
but makes a
delicious
jelly..
Bearberry
::
Bearberry
(n.) A
trailing
plant of the heath
family
(Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi),
having
leaves
which are tonic and
astringent,
and
glossy
red
berries
of which bears are said to be
fond..
Myrobolan
::
Myrobolan
(n.) A dried
astringent
fruit much
resembling
a
prune.
It
contains
tannin,
and was
formerly
used in
medicine,
but is now
chiefly
used in
tanning
and
dyeing.
Myrobolans
are
produced
by
various
species
of
Terminalia
of the East
Indies,
and of
Spondias
of South
America..
Thebaine
::
Thebaine
(n.) A
poisonous
alkaloid,
C19H21NO3,
found in opium in small
quantities,
having
a
sharp,
astringent
taste,
and a
tetanic
action
resembling
that of
strychnine..
Geranine
::
Geranine
(n.) A
valuable
astringent
obtained
from the root of the
Geranium
maculatum
or
crane's-bill.
Ergotine
::
Ergotine
() A
powerful
astringent
alkaloid
extracted
from ergot as a
brown,
amorphous,
bitter
substance.
It is used to
produce
contraction
of the
uterus..
Subatom
::
Subastringent
(a.)
Somewhat
astringent.
Laxative
::
Laxative
(a.)
Having
the
effect
of
loosening
or
opening
the
intestines,
and
relieving
from
constipation;
--
opposed
to
astringent..
Bugleweed
::
Bugleweed
(n.) A plant of the Mint
family
and genus
Lycopus;
esp. L.
Virginicus,
which has mild
narcotic
and
astringent
properties,
and is
sometimes
used as a
remedy
for
hemorrhage..
Adstringent
::
Adstringent
(a.) See
Astringent.
Astringency
::
Astringency
(n.) The
quality
of being
astringent;
the power of
contracting
the parts of the body; that
quality
in
medicines
or other
substances
which
causes
contraction
of the
organic
textures;
as, the
astringency
of
tannin..
Copperas
::
Copperas
(n.) Green
vitriol,
or
sulphate
of iron; a green
crystalline
substance,
of an
astringent
taste,
used in
making
ink, in
dyeing
black,
as a tonic in
medicine,
etc. It is made on a large scale by the
oxidation
of iron
pyrites.
Called
also
ferrous
sulphate..
Narceine
::
Narceine
(n.) An
alkaloid
found in small
quantities
in
opium,
and
extracted
as a white
crystalline
substance
of a
bitter
astringent
taste.
It is a
narcotic.
Called
also
narceia..
Hardhack
::
Hardhack
(n.) A very
astringent
shrub
(Spiraea
tomentosa),
common
in
pastures.
The
Potentilla
fruticosa
in also
called
by this
name..
Stub
::
Stryphnic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
designating,
a
complex
nitrogenous
acid,
obtained
by the
action
of
acetic
acid and
potassium
nitrite
on uric acid, as a
yellow
crystalline
substance,
with a
bitter,
astringent
taste..
Shamoying
::
Shamoying
(n.) A
process
used in
preparing
certain
kinds of
leather,
which
consists
in
frizzing
the skin, and
working
oil into it to
supply
the place of the
astringent
(tannin,
alum, or the like)
ordinarily
used in
tanning..
Austereness
::
Austereness
(n.)
Harshness
or
astringent
sourness
to the
taste;
acerbity.
Matico
::
Matico
(n.) A
Peruvian
plant
(Piper,
/
Artanthe,
elongatum),
allied
to the
pepper,
the
leaves
of which are used as a
styptic
and
astringent..
Gambier
::
Gambier
(n.) The
inspissated
juice of a plant
(Uncaria
Gambir)
growing
in
Malacca.
It is a
powerful
astringent,
and, under the name of Terra
Japonica,
is used for
chewing
with the Areca nut, and is
exported
for
tanning
and
dyeing..
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