a. Obs. [ad. L. strictīvus, f. strict-, stringĕre to bind, also (a different word) to gather (flowers, etc.). In classical Latin the adj. has only sense 2.]
1. Astringent, styptic.
a. 1400–50. Stockh. Med. MS., 10. For to makyn surripe þat is stryctyf.
1569. R. Androse, trans. Alexis’ Secr., IV. II. 16. Cause hem to drinke of the rennet of an Hare or of an Hart in strictiue water.
1580. T. Newton, Approved Med., 54. All parts of the Oake tree be stryctiue and byndinge.
2. (See quot.) rare–0.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Strictive, gathered or cropped with the hand.
Hence † Strictiveness, astringency.
1580. T. Newton, Approved Med., 26. Incense is dry in the first degree, and hath a certayne bynding or strictiuenesse.
