[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

string \string\ stri^ng, n. oe. string, streng, as. streng;
   akin to d. streng, g. strang, icel. strengr, sw. straumng,
   dan. straeng; 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.
      1913 webster

            round ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.
                                                  --prior.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. a strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are
      held together. --milton.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            me softer airs befit, and softer strings
            of lute, or viol still.               --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. the line or cord of a bow. --ps. xi. 2.
      1913 webster

            he twangs the grieving string.        --pope.
      1913 webster

   6. a fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
      1913 webster

            duckweed putteth forth a little string into the
            water, from the bottom.               --bacon.
      1913 webster

   7. a nerve or tendon of an animal body.
      1913 webster

            the string of his tongue was loosed.  --mark vii.
                                                  35.
      1913 webster

   8. shipbuilding an inside range of ceiling planks,
      corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and
      bolted to it.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   10. mining a small, filamentous ramification of a metallic
       vein. --ure.
       1913 webster

   11. arch. same as stringcourse.
       1913 webster

   12. billiards the points made in a game.
       1913 webster

   13.
       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.
           webster 1913 suppl.

   14. 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.
           webster 1913 suppl.

   15. a hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story. slang
       webster 1913 suppl.

   16. a sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently
       close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a
       string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a
       highway.
       pjc

   17. physics a one-dimensional string-like mathematical
       object used as a means of representing the properties of
       fundamental particles in string theory, one theory of
       particle physics; such hypothetical objects are
       one-dimensional and very small 10^-33 cm but exist in
       more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes
       of vibration. considering particles as strings avoids
       some of the problems of treating particles as points, and
       allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the
       other three forces electromagnetism, the weak force, and
       the strong force in a manner consistent with quantum
       mechanics. see also string theory.
       pjc

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
strong stringcourse string line string theory -33 string band 
string beans to have two strings to one's bow 

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