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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONSTRINGING, ppr. Drawing or compressing into a smaller compass; contracting; binding.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Constringe Con*stringe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Constringing.] [L. constringere. See onstrain.] To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.] Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. --Arbuthnot.
