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Webster 1913 Edition

Stricture

Stric′ture

,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stricture

STRICTURE

,
Noun.
[L. See Strike and Stroke.]
1.
A stroke; a glance; a touch.
2.
A touch of criticism; critical remark; censure.
I have given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection, on every passage.
3.
A drawing; a spasmodic or other morbid contraction of any passage of the body.

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