Definition of Hamstreng
Ham"string` (hăm"str&ibreve;ng`),
n. (Anat.) One of the great tendons
situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and
connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
Ham"string`, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hamstringing. See String.] To lame or disable by
cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple;
to incapacitate; to disable.
So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject
by seeking to effeminate us all at home.
Milton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
- (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
Quotations
*So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. - Milton
Swedish
- The act of buying large supplies of something which is belived to become more expensive or more difficult to get at in the near future.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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