lifestring

English

Etymology

From life +‎ string.

Noun

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

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

Anagrams

• filterings