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Twang :: Twang (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly..

Bowstringing :: Bowstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowstrin.

Gambier :: Gambier (n.) The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing..

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads..

Fibrillose :: Fibrillose (a.) Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages..

Chokecherry :: Chokecherry (n.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit..

Bistort :: Bistort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent..

Abstringe :: Abstringe (v. t.) To unbind.

Sambuke :: Sambuke (n.) An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown..

Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue..

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

Chord :: Chord (n.) The string of a musical instrument.

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

Tormentil :: Tormentil (n.) A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea..

Styracin :: Stypticity (n.) The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.

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..

Quill :: Quill (n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.

Cord :: Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together..

Catmint :: Catmint (n.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it..

String :: String (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

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