STRING (2)

string (2). String, v.t. strung, pret. stringed, strung, pa. to furnish with or put on strings, file, tighten

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String (strĭng), v. t. [imp. Strung (strŭng); p. p. Strung (R. Stringed (strĭngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. Stringing.] 1. 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? Gay. 2. 2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. Addison. 3. 3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
4. 4. To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. Dryden. 5. 5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.