STRING

Definitions

1. 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. 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. 3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
4. 4. To make tense; to strengthen. Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. Dryden.
5. 5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.