Bible Dictionaries
Costiveness

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.

(2):

(n.) An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.

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