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Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.] Sir W. Petty.

Restringing; astringent; styptic. [Obs.] -- n.

Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.

One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Somewhat astringent.

To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.

e first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A#) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G.

or to. Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

al contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. Grove. Chose in action. (Law) See Chose. -- Quantity of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.…

A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.

satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils. Do the strings answer to thy noble hand Dryden.

Astringent and repellent. -- n.

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.

A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [Written also arbalet and arblast.] Fosbroke.

A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.

on of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant.

A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy. Dunglison.

Binding; astringent. -- n.