Defn: A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. Ure.
11. (Arch.)
Defn: Same as Stringcourse.
12. (Billiards)
Defn: The points made in a game. 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.
STRING String, v. t. [imp. Strung; p. p. Strung (R. Stringed); 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.