(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:56:15

Per*stringe" (?), v. t. [L. perstringere; per + stringere to bind up, to touch upon.]

1.

To touch; to graze; to glance on.

[Obs.]

2.

To criticise; to touch upon.

[R.]

Evelyn.

 

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