7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

The string of his tongue was loosed.

Mark vii. 35.

8. (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to

the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

9. (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the

pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the

strings of beans.

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