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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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