Stringier vs Stringer - What's the difference?
stringier | stringer |
(stringy)
Comprised of, or resembling, string or strings.
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(label) .
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*:The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy , with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.
Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
* Ascham
Someone who leads someone along.
A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel
A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
(surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
A hard-hit ball.
(fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
A pallet or skid used when shipping LTL [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less-Than-Truckload_(LTL)_Shipping] freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
(obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.
As an adjective stringier
is comparative of stringy.As a noun stringer is
someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.stringier
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Adjective
(head)stringy
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Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* fibrous * filamentousstringer
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Noun
(en noun)- Be content to put your trust in honest stringers .
- Line up the 1/2 template with the stringer (or draw a center line) — Stephen Pirsch [http://www.surfersteve.com/shaping.htm]
- Janice pulled the bluegill out of the water and added it to her stringer .
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)