Definition of string

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String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it..

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Stringhalt :: Stringer (n.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like..
String :: String (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it..
Restringent :: Restringent (a.) Restringing; astringent; styptic.
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..
Constringe :: Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
Bowstringed :: Bowstringed (p.a.) Furnished with bowstring.
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.
Stop :: Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated..
Lustring :: Lustring () of Lustr.
Clavichord :: Clavichord (n.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord..
Birthroot :: Birthroot (n.) An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties..
Mucous :: Mucous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance..
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
Ergotine :: Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus..
String :: String (v. t.) To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin..
Twang :: Twang (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly..
Stringency :: Stringed (a.) Produced by strings.
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..
Stringy :: Stringpiece (n.) One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs..
Frostweed :: Frostweed (n.) An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic..
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