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Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: General Information · 1909 · p. 5

the material used for strings | { violins, guitars, and other musical). struments, and principally made from 1 intestines of sheep. The intestines, iter being thoroughly cleansed, scraped, |: nd fumigated, are twisted into cords. |) he best are made in Naples and Rome. | CATHARINE, [s. 93]