strict

t. [From Lat. astrict us, pa. par. of astringo: ad to, and stringo = to draw tight; Gr. στράγγω ( strangō ) = to draw tight.] [ASTRINGE.] A. Ord. Lang. To contract by means of an application; to bind fast. "The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted , as they let the humours pa , either in too small or too great quantities." -Arbuthnot : Aliments. B. Law : Legally to bind. (Scotch.) "None salde hold in nor astrict it to mak forder payment of thair partis of the said taxation."- Acts Jas. VI. (1565).