The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stringed \Stringed\ (str[i^]ngd), a.
1. Having strings; as, a stringed instrument. --Ps. cl. 4.
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2. Produced by strings. "Answering the stringed noise."
--Milton.
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