ASTRAY
A*stray", adv. & a. Etym: [See Estray, Stray.]
Defn: Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25.
ASTRICT
As*trict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astricted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Astricting.] Etym: [L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See Astringe.]
1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. Arbuthnot.
2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.] The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought. Sir W. Hamilton.
3. (Scots Law)
Defn: To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See
Astriction, 4. Burrill.
ASTRICT
As*trict", a.
Defn: Concise; contracted. [Obs.] Weever.
ASTRICTION
As*tric"tion, n. Etym: [L. astrictio.]