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[STRIKER, S., II. 2.] striker-out, s. [STRIKER, S., II. 2.] strik-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [STRIKE, ν.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Affecting with strong emotions; surprising, forcible, expre ive, very noticeable. "The flowers of the normal form are golden yellow, while those of the variety are pale sulphur, and not near BO striking."- Field , Feb. 17, 1887. IMG:content-0429.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0430.png:[blocks in formation] 7. Hence, in the plural, the stringed instruments of an orchestra, as distinguished from the bra and wind instruments. "With the orchestra little fault could be found beyond the weakne of the strings ."-London Daily Telegraph. 8. The line or cord of a bow. "When twanged an arrow from Love's mystic string." Cole ridge: In the manner of Spenser. *9. A riband. "Round Ormond's knee thou tie'st the mystic string, That makes the knight companion to the king." Prior: Carmen Seculare, xix. 10. A fiber, as of a plant. "In pulling broom up, the least strings left behind will grow."-Mortimer: Husbandry. *11. A nerve or tendon of an animal. "The string of his tongue was loosed and he spake plain."- Mark vii, 35. 12. A resource, a resort. (Only used in the phrase, a second string =a second horse entered for a race.) [2.] "In three instances the second string , according to the market, was succe ful."- London Daily Telegraph . II. Technically : 1. Arch.: A string-course (q. v.). 2. Billiards: *(1) The number of points made in a game. (2) The act of stringing for lead. [STRING, v., B.] 3. Mining: A small vein of ore, diverging from the main vein and pa ing off into the rock. Still smaller veins are called threads. A string is often worth following to great distances from the vein from which it diverges. Miners view strings as feeders of such a vein, and believe that, as a rule, its productivene is proportioned to their number. 4. Music : Prepared wire or catgut, plain or cov ered, used for musical instruments. Strings of steel or bra wire are used for all instruments which are struck with hammers or plectra, as dulcimers, zithers, mandolines, and pianofortes, and strings of catgut for instruments played with the unprotected fingers, or with a bow, as guitars, harps, violins, violas, violoncellos, and double ba es. Violin strings are made of catgut, each string being of a different thickne , according to the tone and tension required, the fourth string being covered with a fine wire, either of silver or white metal; hence it is called the silver string, The covered strings on the guitar are upon a basis of silk instead of catgut, and the double-ba strings are of thick gut uncovered; the two lowest strings on the violoncello are silver strings. IMG:content-0431.png:[blocks in formation] (1) A horizontal connecting-strip or plank of a frame. (2) The timber beneath a staircase which forms the soffit or ceiling. (3) A timber in a floor framing. string-plate, s. Music : An iron bar in a pianoforte frame into which are inserted the studs to which the strings are secured. string, v. t. & i. [STRING, 8.] A. Transitive: 1. To furnish with a string or strings; to furnish with nerves. "Orpheus' lute was strung with poets' sinews." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, iii. 2. *2. To tune the strings of, as of a stringed instrument. "Here the muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung." Add is on , 3. To put on a string. "As these stars were but so many beads Strung on one string." Donne: Progre of the Soul. *4. To make tense; to impart vigor to; to tone. "By chase our long-liv'd brothers earn'd their food; Toil strung the nerves and purified the blood." Dryden: Epistle to John Dryden , 88. 5. To deprive of strings or fibers; as, to string beans. 6. To tie up or hang by a string. "Give the dogs their portion of liver and lights, and string up the carcases." - Field , Sept. 25, 1886. IMG:content-0432.png:[blocks in formation] Billiards: To determine who shall lead off, each player striking his ball so that it shall hit the top cushion and come back toward balk; he whose ball stops nearest the balk-line being entitled to choice of playing first. stringed, a. [Eng.string; -ed.] 1. Having strings. "We will sing my songs to the stringed instruments." Isaiah xviii. 20 (1551). "Divinely warbled voice Answering the stringed noise, As all their souls in bli ful rapture took." Milton : The Nativity.