Stric"ture (?), n. [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.
Shak.
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.
4. (Med.) A localized morbid
contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture,
and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and
Spasmodic. Arbuthnot.
Stric"ture (?), n. [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.
Shak.
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.
4. (Med.) A localized morbid
contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture,
and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and
Spasmodic. Arbuthnot.
