String (str&ibreve;ng), n. [OE.
string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D.
streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw.
sträng, Dan. stræng; 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.
Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic
string.
Prior.
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.
3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers
of a book are held together. Milton.
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.
Me softer airs befit, and softer strings
Of lute, or viol still.
Milton.
5. The line or cord of a bow. Ps.
xi. 2.
He twangs the grieving string.
Pope.
6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous
root.
Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the
water, from the bottom.
Bacon.
7. A nerve or tendon of an animal
body.
The string of his tongue was
loosed.
Mark vii. 35.
8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of
ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and
bolted to it.
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.
10. (Mining) A small, filamentous
ramification of a metallic vein. Ure.
11. (Arch.) Same as
Stringcourse.
12. (Billiards) The points made in a
game.
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.
String (str&ibreve;ng), v. t.
[imp. Strung (strŭng); p.
p. Strung (R. Stringed (str&ibreve;ngd));
p. pr. & vb. n. Stringing.]
1. To furnish with strings; as, to string
a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
Gay.
2. To put in tune the strings of, as a
stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has
strung,
That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
Addison.
3. To put on a string; to file; as, to
string beads.
4. To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the
blood.
Dryden.
5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings
from; as, to string beans. See String,
n., 9.
String (?), n. 1.
(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.
2. (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.
3. A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake"
story. [Slang]
String, v. t. To hoax; josh;
jolly. [Slang]
String, v. i. To form into a string
or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are
moving along, etc.
String (str&ibreve;ng), n. [OE.
string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D.
streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw.
sträng, Dan. stræng; 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.
Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic
string.
Prior.
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.
3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers
of a book are held together. Milton.
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.
Me softer airs befit, and softer strings
Of lute, or viol still.
Milton.
5. The line or cord of a bow. Ps.
xi. 2.
He twangs the grieving string.
Pope.
6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous
root.
Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the
water, from the bottom.
Bacon.
7. A nerve or tendon of an animal
body.
The string of his tongue was
loosed.
Mark vii. 35.
8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of
ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and
bolted to it.
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.
10. (Mining) A small, filamentous
ramification of a metallic vein. Ure.
11. (Arch.) Same as
Stringcourse.
12. (Billiards) The points made in a
game.
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.
String (str&ibreve;ng), v. t.
[imp. Strung (strŭng); p.
p. Strung (R. Stringed (str&ibreve;ngd));
p. pr. & vb. n. Stringing.]
1. To furnish with strings; as, to string
a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
Gay.
2. To put in tune the strings of, as a
stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has
strung,
That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
Addison.
3. To put on a string; to file; as, to
string beads.
4. To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the
blood.
Dryden.
5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings
from; as, to string beans. See String,
n., 9.
String (?), n. 1.
(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.
2. (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.
3. A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake"
story. [Slang]
String, v. t. To hoax; josh;
jolly. [Slang]
String, v. i. To form into a string
or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are
moving along, etc.
