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“I don’t have your potion yet. Astringents take more time. Mama says it will be done later.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

All Astringents that are not Causticks, are proper for the Syringe.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Astringents should be used with much caution here.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.

In the mean while Aromaticks, Resolutives, and moderate Astringents may be apply'd outwardly.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Astringents are those remedies which, when applied to the body, render the solids dense and firmer.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham