Astrelata (astrelata)

See Est relata. astrict (as-trikt'), v. t. [L. astrict us, pp. of a string ere, draw close: see astringe.] 1. To bind fast; confine. Hall.-2. In Scots law, to limit. See astriction, 3.-3. To constrict; contract. [Rare.] The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted . IMG:content-1298.png:[blocks in formation] The tall ship, whose lofty prore Shall never stem the billows more, Deserted by her gallant band, Amid the breakers lies astrand . tion by means of huckle-bones or dice. Staphylinidæ. epithet descriptive of a tarsal bone of some reptiles, as a crocodile, supposed to represent an astragalus and a navicular bone combined. The tarsus presents, proximally, an astragalo - navicular bone. Huxley , Anat. Vert., p. 220. II. n. A bone of the tarsus. See I. The distal end of the astragalo -navicular. Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 221. ἀστραπή, var. of ἀστεροπή, στεροπή, thunder and lightning, + -φοβία, the obligation imposed by the servitude of thirlage, by which certain lands are restricted to the use of a particular mill for the grinding of grain. See thirlage. Formerly also adstriction.