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Definition of string

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String (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string..

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Tew :: Tew (n.) A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string..

Chord :: Chord (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

Catgut :: Catgut (n.) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc..

Phonoscope :: Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by Konig for testing the quality of musical strings..

Bowstring :: Bowstring (v. t.) To strangle with a bowstring.

Hamble :: Hamble (v. t.) To hamstring.

Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

Vibration :: Vibration (n.) The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string..

Lyre :: Lyre (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry..

Psaltery :: Psaltery (n.) A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known..

Restringent :: Restringent (n.) A restringent medicine.

Marionette :: Marionette (n.) A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show..

Top :: Top (n.) A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip..

Stout :: Stout (superl.) Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth..

Maqui :: Maqui (n.) A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries..

Mark :: Mark (n.) A number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit..

Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue..

String :: String (n.) A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root..