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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1456
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Constrictive, a. [OF. constrictif, -ive, L. constrictīvus. Also e.m.E. (1533).] Constringent. — 1456 Hay II. 123/13.
Sum part of metis constrictives 1456 Ib. 129/13.
Gude spicis, nocht our constrictives, but laxatives
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