Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Astrict \As*trict"\, a.
   Concise; contracted. [Obs.] --Weever.

Astrict \As*trict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astricted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Astricting}.] [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) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict
      lands. See {Astriction}, 4. --Burrill.