overstringv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈstrɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈstrɪŋ/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle overstrung;

Forms: see over- prefix and string v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, string v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + string v.With sense 2 compare earlier overstringing n., overstrung adj.

Now rare.

1. transitive. To draw (a string, nerve, etc.) too tight; to place under excessive strain. Chiefly in passive.

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1816 Ld. Byron Parisina xiv, in Siege of Corinth 79 Every sense Had been o'erstrung by pangs intense.

1857 F. W. Faber Poems 201 The softest footfall and the lightest breath Will jar a chord that hath been overstrung.

1874 Catholic World Sept. 814/1 When your nerves are overstrung by the continuous dry heat..will not your Saxon nature long for one of the short autumn days of old England?

1949 E. F. Carritt tr. B. Croce My Philos. xii. 106 Lovers of a quiet life and a vacant head, who do not want to overstring the bow of their mind.

2. transitive. Music. In a keyboard instrument: to position (one group of strings) obliquely over another on the soundboard. Cf. overstringing n., overstrung adj. 2. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > accessories [verb (transitive)] > fit strings > string piano

overstring1896

1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 21 In overstrung grand pianos..the bars and scale are so adjusted as to overstring the bass at an angle which opens out in a double curve fan shape from the hammer striking-place down to the hitch-pins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overstring
释义	overstringv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈstrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈstrɪŋ/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle overstrung; Forms: see over- prefix and string v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, string v. Etymology: < over- prefix + string v.With sense 2 compare earlier overstringing n., overstrung adj. Now rare. 1. transitive. To draw (a string, nerve, etc.) too tight; to place under excessive strain. Chiefly in passive. ΚΠ 1816 Ld. Byron Parisina xiv, in Siege of Corinth 79 Every sense Had been o'erstrung by pangs intense. 1857 F. W. Faber Poems 201 The softest footfall and the lightest breath Will jar a chord that hath been overstrung. 1874 Catholic World Sept. 814/1 When your nerves are overstrung by the continuous dry heat..will not your Saxon nature long for one of the short autumn days of old England? 1949 E. F. Carritt tr. B. Croce My Philos. xii. 106 Lovers of a quiet life and a vacant head, who do not want to overstring the bow of their mind. 2. transitive. Music. In a keyboard instrument: to position (one group of strings) obliquely over another on the soundboard. Cf. overstringing n., overstrung adj. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > accessories [verb (transitive)] > fit strings > string piano overstring1896 1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 21 In overstrung grand pianos..the bars and scale are so adjusted as to overstring the bass at an angle which opens out in a double curve fan shape from the hammer striking-place down to the hitch-pins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1816
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