- present participle of constrict.
constricting
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Constricting "store clothes" coats were peeled, exuberant cries of "Yip-pee!" went up and in an atmosphere part camp-meeting and part Saturday-night-at-the-county-fair, sectional lines began to appear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Constricting a Tube.—Where a constriction is to be made in a tube, the above method must be modified, as the strength of the tube must be maintained, and the constricted portion is usually short.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)
Vocabulary lists containing constricting
Unit 6, Whole-Class Learning
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