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String beans
(gcide) | String \String\ (str[i^]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng;
akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str[aum]ng,
Dan. straeng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see
Strong); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin
to E. strangle.]
1. 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. --Shak.
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Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.
--Prior.
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2. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are
strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence,
a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if
so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a
string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a
string of houses; a string of arguments. "A string of
islands." --Gibbon.
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3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are
held together. --Milton.
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4. 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. "An instrument of ten
strings." --Ps. xxx. iii. 2.
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Me softer airs befit, and softer strings
Of lute, or viol still. --Milton.
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5. The line or cord of a bow. --Ps. xi. 2.
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He twangs the grieving string. --Pope.
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6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
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Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the
water, from the bottom. --Bacon.
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7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
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The string of his tongue was loosed. --Mark vii.
35.
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8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks,
corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and
bolted to it.
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9. (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves
of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily
pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
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10. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic
vein. --Ure.
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11. (Arch.) Same as Stringcourse.
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12. (Billiards) The points made in a game.
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13.
(a) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes,
as in American billiard games, marked by buttons
threaded on a string or wire.
(b) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain
number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
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14. (Billiards & Pool)
(a) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must
be played after being out of play as by being
pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called also
string line.
(b) Act of stringing for break.
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15. A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story. [Slang]
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16. a sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently
close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a
string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a
highway.
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17. (Physics) A one-dimensional string-like mathematical
object used as a means of representing the properties of
fundamental particles in string theory, one theory of
particle physics; such hypothetical objects are
one-dimensional and very small (10^-33 cm) but exist in
more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes
of vibration. Considering particles as strings avoids
some of the problems of treating particles as points, and
allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the
other three forces (electromagnetism, the weak force, and
the strong force) in a manner consistent with quantum
mechanics. See also string theory.
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String band (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or
chiefly, stringed instruments.
String beans.
(a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds
of beans; -- so called because the strings are
stripped off.
(b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for
cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low
bush bean.
To have two strings to one's bow, to have a means or
expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails.
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