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noun
A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The material from which such cords are made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Tephrosia virginiana (goat's rue, devil's shoestring).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cord
noun
perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: goat's rue, wild sweet pea, Tephrosia virginiana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hoary pea
History
Possibly an abbreviation of the word cattlegut. Alternatively, it may derive by folk etymology from kitgut or kitstring — the word kit, meaning fiddle, having at some point been confused with the word kit for a young cat.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
