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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton.
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