restringency

English

Noun

restringency (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Quality or state of being restringent.
   • 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     the juice being pressed out is immediately pleasant in caste , without any thing of that restringency which it had when incorporated with the meat , or flesh of the Apple

Synonyms

• astringency

References

• “restringency”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.