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Astringency

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(n.) The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Astringency'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/astringency.html. 1828.
 
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