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.
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            Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
            With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
                                                  --Gay.
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   2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument,
      in order to play upon it.
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            For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,
            That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
                                                  --Addison.
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   3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
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   4. To make tense; to strengthen.
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            Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to
      string beans. See String, n., 9.
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   6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung
      him along all day until he realized we were kidding.
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