Constrict v. t. (past & past part. constricted; pres. part. constricting) To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink. "Such things as constrict the fibers.""Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction serves to constrict."
... cry up at him and wring her poor hands, and then he would go off into his little room adjoining the kitchen, originally intended as maid's room, and sit with his head down in his hands, back rounded, and all his throat-constricting capacity for meekness out in ... — Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst
...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. Small tubes are often constricted without materially changing their ... — Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing • Francis C. Frary
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