Costiveness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Costiveness \Cos"tive*ness\, n.
     1. An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels;
        constipation.
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     2. Inability to express one's self; stiffness. [Obs.]


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              A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in
              public elocution with myself.         --Wakefield.
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