a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + gasth'r stomach. ] (Physiol.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Alabastrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Astricted; p. pr. & vb. n. Astricting. ] [ L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See Astringe. ] 1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Concise; contracted. [ Obs. ] Weever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. astrictio. ] 1. The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) (a) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy. Dunglison. (b) Constipation. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Astringency. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Scots Law) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The lands were said to be astricted to the mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Binding; astringent. -- n. An astringent. -- As*tric"tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Astrictive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + stride. ] With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. astrifer; astrum star + ferre to bear. ] Bearing stars. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Astringed p. pr. & vb. n. Astringing ] [ L. astringere; ad + stringere to draw tight. Cf. Astrict, and see Strain, v. t. ] 1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which contraction . . . astringeth the moisture of the brain and thereby sendeth tears into the eyes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. Wolsey. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. astringens, p. pr. of astringere: cf. F. astringent. See Astringe. ] 1. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

External astringents are called styptics. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an astringent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ostreger, OF. ostrucier, F. autoursier, fr. OF. austour, ostor, hawk, F. autour; cf. L. acceptor, for accipiter, hawk. ] A falconer who keeps a goshawk. [ Obs. ] Shak. Cowell. [ Written also austringer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; stomach. ] Troubled with bad digestion. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of St. Lucia. Population (2000) = 13, 600. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; belly: cf. F. digastrique. ] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw. (b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; in + &unr_; belly + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. engastrimythe. ] An ventriloquist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; the stomach. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Epigastric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; over the belly; 'epi` upon + &unr_; belly: cf. F. épigastrique. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epigastric region. (Anat.) (a) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anat.) The upper part of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach: cf. F. gastrique. ] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice. --
Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever. --
Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods. --
Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gasth`r, gastro`s, stomach + L. loqui to speak. ] One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ventriloquous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepatic + gastric. ] (Anat.) See Gastrohepatic.

a. [ Cf. F. hypogastrique. See Hypogastrium. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypogastric region. (a) The lower part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; under + &unr_; belly. ] (Anat.) The lower part of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. 1. Of or pertaining to Lancaster{ 2 }; as, Lancastrian royalty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Of or pertaining to the city of Lancaster{ 1 }; as, Lancastrian city center. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Of or pertaining to the members of the house of Lancaster; as, Lancastrian members. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Lancaster; as, the Lancastrian population. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. 1. A member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A resident of Lancaster{ 1 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Meso- + gastric. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach. (b) Of or pertaining to the mesogaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Mesogaster. ] (Anat.) (a) The umbilical region. (b) The mesogaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. meta- + gastric. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; belly. ] Having but a single stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. noncontractive. Opposite of astringent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pneumo- + gastric. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The pneumogastric nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pneumogastric nerve (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Polygastrica. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + gastric: cf. F. polygastrique. ] 1. (Anat.) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Polygastrica. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Polygastrica. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. So called because they were supposed to have several stomachs, or digestive cavities. ] (Zool.) The Infusoria. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth + E. gastric. ] Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat astringent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + Gr. &unr_; belly. ] (Anat.) Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 2d uro- + gastric. ] (Zool.) Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system. [ 1913 Webster ]