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 stringing
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 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.
 5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.
 6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding. [Slang]