Bible Dictionaries
Styptic

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A styptic medicine.

(2):

(a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.

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