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stringer

stringer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  2. 2.(Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper.
  3. 3.(Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
  4. 4.(Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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