The expressed juice of Verbena will act as a febrifuge; and the infusion by its astringency makes a good lotion for weak and inflamed eyes, also for indolent ulcers, and as a gargle for a relaxed sore throat.
The only sensible quality of the Speedwell is the powerfulastringency of its leaves, and this property serves to protect it from herbivorous foes.
Furthermore through itsastringency this root is admirable for arresting bleedings.
Its astringency is due to the presence of tannic and gallic acids.
It should be recollected that the use of isinglass, white of egg, and all like artificial finings, remove much of the astringency and vivacity of the liquor.
The stalks and black skins, being extremely rich in tannin, have imparted to the wine a powerful astringency and the exceedingly dark colour which so disagreeably distinguish this common quality.
In cluster and size of berry it resembles Lindley; in color and quality of fruit it is about the same as Delaware, differing chiefly in having more astringency in the skin.
There is, however, an unpleasant astringency in some of the foreign grapes, and many varieties are without character of flavor.
In white and light colored wines we desire smoothness and delicacy of bouquet and taste; in dark red wines, we desire astringency and body, as they are to be the so-called stomach or medical wines.
This treatment can be applied to all white and light-colored wines, when it is not desirable to have a certain astringency in the wine.
This is seldom desirable here, however, as our red wine grapes have sufficient astringency and color without this process.
Sugar, which is well known to possess the preserving principle in a very great degree, without the pungency and astringency of salt, may be, and is, very generally used in the preserving of meat for family consumption.
Such, however, is not the only office of salt as a means of preserving meat; it acts also by its astringency in contracting the fibres of the muscles, and so excludes the action of air on the interior of the substance of the meat.
It is not a table fruit and can hardly be eaten out of hand until it loses some of its astringency and acidity by thorough ripening.
All shades, in harmony, ought to give a pleasing sensation to the organ, when neither acidity, sweetness, nor astringency predominates.
As is the case with most black grapes the fruit colors long before it is ripe and when thus picked there is an astringency in its taste that wholly disappears when the fruit is fully ripe.
It is true that there is a disagreeable astringency in some Vinifera grapes and that many varieties are without character of flavor, yet, all and all, the species produces by far the better flavored fruit.
It is tannin which gives the quality of astringency to many vegetables, and this very taste of astringency is produced by a partial combination of the tannin with the surface of the mouth.
It is employed in all kinds of immoderate haemorrhages and other fluxes, both internally and externally, whereastringency is the only intention.
The leaves, tops, and seeds, have a bitter taste, with some degree of astringency and aromatic flavour.
In all the physical experiments that have been made upon India teas, there is, perhaps, none that shews its acid astringency more than one tried by the above writer, Dr.
Solander composed this sanative tea, is such as have a bitter astringency joined to their volatile oil and salt.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "astringency" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
