noun: The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
noun: (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
noun: (obsolete) constipation
noun: (obsolete) astringency
noun: (law, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)
