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Webster 1913 Edition
Stricture
Stric′ture
,Noun.
[L.
strictura
a contraction, from stringere
, strictum
, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture
. See Strict
.] 1.
Strictness.
[Obs.]
A man of
stricture
and firm abstinence. Shakespeare
2.
A stroke; a glance; a touch.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
3.
A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
[I have] given myself the liberty of these
strictures
by way of reflection on all and every passage. Hammond.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stricture
STRICTURE
,Noun.
1.
A stroke; a glance; a touch.2.
A touch of criticism; critical remark; censure.I have given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection, on every passage.
3.
A drawing; a spasmodic or other morbid contraction of any passage of the body.Definition 2024
stricture
stricture
English
Noun
stricture (plural strictures)
- (chiefly in the plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action
- For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow.
- a sternly critical remark or review
- (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
- (obsolete) strictness
- A man of stricture and firm abstinence. — Shakespeare.
- (obsolete) a stroke; a glance; a touch
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir M. Hale to this entry?)
- (linguistics) the degree of contact, in consonants
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Translations
a rule restricting behaviour or action
a sternly critical remark or review
(medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
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(linguistics) the degree of contact, in consonants