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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
ASTRIC'TION, n.
The act of binding; restriction; also,
obligation.
Milton. A contraction
of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the
animal economy.
Dunglison. Astringency.
[Obs.] Bacon. An obligation to have the
grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a
toll.
Bell.
* The lands were said to be astricted to the mill. | ||||||||