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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Kino :: Kino (n.) The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine..
Harp :: Harp (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers..
Navel-string :: Navel-string (n.) The umbilical cord.
Stringcourse :: Stringboard (n.) Same as Stringpiece.
Lyre :: Lyre (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry..
Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string..
Toil :: Toil (n.) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural..
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..
Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit..
Constringing :: Constringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constring.
Restringing :: Restringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Restring.
Bowstring :: Bowstring (n.) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
Muffler :: Muffler (n.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
Strunt :: Strung () imp. & p. p. of String.
Intension :: Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string..
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..
Bowknot :: Bowknot (n.) A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part..
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