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Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A string of oakum used in calking.

Muffler :: Muffler (n.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.

Tripodian :: Tripodian (n.) An ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod..

Bowstring :: Bowstring (n.) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

String :: String (n.) 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..

Funis :: Funis (n.) A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string..

Snead :: Snead (n.) A line or cord; a string.

Hamstring :: Hamstring (v. t.) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable..

Bracer :: Bracer (n.) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments..

Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow..

Ergotine :: Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus..

Tighter :: Tighter (n.) A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.

Stypticity :: Styptical (a.) Styptic; astringent.

String :: String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together..

Octachord :: Octachord (n.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.

Crowd :: Crowd (n.) An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow..

Chord :: Chord (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

Thebaine :: Thebaine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine..

Fiddlestring :: Fiddlestring (n.) One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.

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