a. and sb. [SUB- 20 b.]

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  A.  adj. Somewhat astringent.

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1694.  Salmon, Bate’s Dispens. (1713), 99/2. The Spirit of Mint,… stomachick, cephalick,… and subastringent.

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1719.  Quincy, Lex. Physico-Med. (1722), 40. A soft, healing, subastringent Balsamick.

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1788.  Phil. Trans., LXXX. 280. It had a slight saline, sub-astringent taste.

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1887.  Moloney, Forestry W. Afr., 304. The plant yields a sub-astringent gum.

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  B.  sb. A sub-astringent substance.

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1756.  P. Browne, Jamaica, 208. All the plants of this tribe are mild subastringents and vulneraries.

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