lifestring

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English

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Etymology

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life +‎ string

Noun

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lifestring (plural lifestrings)

  1. (archaic) A nerve, or string, supposed to be essential to life.
    • 1599, Samuel Daniel, Musophilus:
      these Lines are the Veins, the Arteries,
      And undecaying Life-strings of those Hearts

References

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“lifestring”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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