Middle English Dictionary Entry
constrict ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | constrict ppl. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Drawn tight.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)98b/a : Ligature which..is strongly constrict wircheþ akyng & suffreþ not life for to come in þe membre.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.55ra (2.7) : Þe sinowes by whiche þe spiritz & þe myȝtes of kynde hete passen aboute to þe extremytes of þe body..ar so constrit & so astonyede and distemprede throgh violence of þe malady þat þe myȝtes of þe spiritz and of þe kynde mow noght be sent..to do here office os þai schulde.
Note: ?This word. ?New spelling: constrit. ?New sense. Editor's gloss: 'constricted'.