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string Lumbering, Obs. 
n. a system for measuring waney pine to determine the average circumference for reckoning purposes.
See also: string measure
- 1945 In the 1870's a typical contract for waney pine might call for the timber to be not less that 15 feet long averaging 22 feet, and 20" average "string."
- 1945 In the 1870's a typical contract for waney pine might call for the timber to be not less that 15 feet long averaging 22 feet, and 20" average "string."