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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Boza :: Boza (n.) An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water..
Obstringe :: Obstringe (v. t.) To constrain; to put under obligation.
Chord :: Chord (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted..
Constringent :: Constringent (a.) Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing..
Jambolana :: "Jambolana (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit..
Arbalist :: Arbalist (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc..
String :: String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together..
Stringiness :: Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock..
Catechu :: Catechu (n.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc..
Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
Restringed :: Restringed (imp. & p. p.) of Restring.
Twang :: Twang (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly..
Open :: Open (a.) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone..
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
Styptic :: Styptic (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like..
Looped :: Looped (a.) Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string..
Rope :: Rope (n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage..
Bowstringed :: Bowstringed (p.a.) Furnished with bowstring.
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