Astrict \As*trict"\, a. Concise; contracted. [Obs.] --Weever.
Astrict \As*trict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astricted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astricting}.] [L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See {Astringe}.] 1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. --Arbuthnot.
2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.]
The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought. --Sir W. Hamilton.
3. (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See {Astriction}, 4. --Burrill.