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Perstringe :: Perstringe (v. t.) To touch; to graze; to glance on.

Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..

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

Za :: Za (n.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece..

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

Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..

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

Myrobolan :: Myrobolan (n.) A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America..

Restringe :: Restringe (v. t.) To confine; to contract; to stringe.

Hypocist :: Hypocist (n.) An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub..

Constringe :: Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

Hamstringing :: Hamstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hamstrin.

Ribible :: Ribible (n.) A small threestringed viol; a rebec.

Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..

Thrum :: Thrum (v. t.) To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner..

Astriction :: Astriction (n.) Astringency.

Lustring :: Lustring (n.) A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.

Stringy :: Stringpiece (n.) One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait..

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