Stric"ture (?), n. [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See Strict.]
1.
Strictness.
[Obs.]
A man of stricture and firm abstinence.
Shak.
2.
A stroke; a glance; a touch.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
3.
A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
[I have] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage.
Hammond.
4. Med.
A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
Arbuthnot.
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