abstringere

1 abstringere , to cleanse, purge, keep clear. ista pellicula ~it ipsum puerum [in utero] a sudore Ps.-Ric. Anat. 40; ut combibatur humiditas et abstergatur seu ~atur auris Gilb. III 148. 2; gumma olivarum ~it oculum Kilwardby Jejun. 173; agrifolium ‥ fastidium tollit, ventrem ~it Alph. 4.

2 abstringere v. astringere(2 a)