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strung |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strung \Strung\, imp. & p. p. of {String}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: strung adj : that is on a string; "keys strung on a red cord"
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