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Shell :: Shell (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell..

String :: String (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme..

Cord :: Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together..

Involute :: Involute (n.) A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute..

Stringcourse :: Stringboard (n.) Same as Stringpiece.

Shamoying :: Shamoying (n.) A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning..

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..

Stringless :: Stringiness (n.) Quality of being stringy.

Chord :: Chord (n.) The string of a musical instrument.

Relax :: Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors..

Polychord :: Polychord (n.) A musical instrument of ten strings.

Austereness :: Austereness (n.) Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.

Unbaned :: Unbaned (a.) Wanting a band or string; unfastened.

Stegocephala :: Stegnotic (n.) A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.

Catmint :: Catmint (n.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it..

Fiddlestring :: Fiddlestring (n.) One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.

Ledgment :: Ledgment (n.) A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building..

Loop :: Loop (v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain..

Stringendo :: Stringency (n.) The quality or state of being stringent.

Birthroot :: Birthroot (n.) An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties..

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