[f. next: see -ENCY.] The quality of being constringent.
1691. E. Taylor, trans. Behmen’s Theos. Philos., 61. Constringency, or Violence of Attraction.
1886. T. Hardy, Mayor Casterbr., I. xxiii. 299. That Hyperborean crispness, constringency, and charm, as of a well-braced musical instrument.
