Constipating

ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ING².] That constipates.

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1658. A. Fox, trans. Wurtz’ Surg., IV. iv. 324. Liquor of Vitriol by its constipating vertue draweth things together.

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1735. H. Brooke, Univ. Beauty, II. 197. Suspending fogs … Obstructed drench the constipating hill.

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1860. Piesse, Lab. Chem. Wonders, 24. If eaten alone [it] is … very constipating.

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