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stringer

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stringer  \String"er\  (str[i^]ng"[~e]r),  n. 
  1.  One  who  strings;  one  who  makes  or  provides  strings, 
  especially  for  bows. 
 
  Be  content  to  put  your  trust  in  honest  stringers. 
  --Ascham. 
 
  2.  A  libertine;  a  wencher.  [Obs.]  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  3.  (Railroad)  A  longitudinal  sleeper. 
 
  4.  (Shipbuilding)  A  streak  of  planking  carried  round  the 
  inside  of  a  vessel  on  the  under  side  of  the  beams. 
 
  5.  (Carp.)  A  long  horizontal  timber  to  connect  uprights  in  a 
  frame,  or  to  support  a  floor  or  the  like 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stringer 
  n  1:  a  longitudinal  member  to  strengthen  a  fuselage  or  hull 
  2:  a  long  horizontal  timber  to  connect  uprights 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Stringer,  MS 
  Zip  code(s):  39481




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