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Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..

Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Append :: Append (v. t.) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column..

Constringed :: Constringed (imp. & p. p.) of Constring.

Monesia :: Monesia (n.) The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent..

Astriction :: Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.

Latchet :: Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.

Bugleweed :: Bugleweed (n.) A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage..

Crowd :: Crowd (n.) An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow..

Ergotine :: Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus..

Narceine :: Narceine (n.) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia..

Intension :: Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string..

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

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.

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..

Rebec :: Rebec (n.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow..

Tag :: Tag (n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it..

A :: A () The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G..

Bracer :: Bracer (n.) A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body..

Neginoth :: Neginoth (n. pl.) Stringed instruments.

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