constringes

If the heat rarifies the blood and juices, while the cold air constringes the fibres, and obstructs the perspiration, inflammatory disorders must ensue.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

A cold air constringes the extremities of the external fibres of the body; this increases their elasticity, and favors the return of the blood from the extreme parts to the heart.

Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson

Sanctified folks are the cleverest skinners in all Christendom, and their Jordan tans and constringes us to the averdupoise of mummies.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Various

Usually it simply wells out, but when there is pressure as from a ligature, when the position of the part causes the fluid to gravitate towards it, or when the contraction of the muscles constringes the vessel, the blood may be driven out with some force.

An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863

Christendom, and their Jordan tans and constringes us to the avoirdupois of mummies.

Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819