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Costive

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(1):

(a.) Reserved; formal; close; cold.

(2):

(a.) Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.

(3):

(a.) Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Costive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/costive.html. 1828.
 
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