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Stringing
(gcide) | String \String\ (str[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Strung (str[u^]ng);
p. p. Strung (R. Stringed (str[i^]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stringing.]
1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
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Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
--Gay.
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2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument,
in order to play upon it.
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For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,
That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
--Addison.
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3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
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4. To make tense; to strengthen.
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Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
--Dryden.
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5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to
string beans. See String, n., 9.
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6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung
him along all day until he realized we were kidding.
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Astringing
(gcide) | Astringe \As*tringe"\ ([a^]s*tr[i^]nj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Astringed (-tr[i^]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Astringing
(-j[i^]ng).] [L. astringere; ad + stringere to draw tight.
Cf. Astrict, and see Strain, v. t.]
1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to
draw together; to compress.
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Which contraction . . . astringeth the moisture of
the brain and thereby sendeth tears into the eyes.
--Bacon.
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2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. --Wolsey.
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Bowstringing
(gcide) | Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringedor
Bowstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]
To strangle with a bowstring.
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Constringing
(gcide) | Constringe \Con*stringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constringed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constringing.] [L. constringere. See
onstrain.]
To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself;
to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.]
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Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the
fibers, and coagulate the fluids. --Arbuthnot.
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Hamstringing
(gcide) | Hamstring \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr.
& vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.]
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee;
to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
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So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by
seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton.
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Restringing
(gcide) | Restringe \Re*stringe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restringed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Restringing.] [L. restringere. See
Restrain.]
To confine; to contract; to stringe. [Obs.]
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