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THREAD

1913 Definition
Thread (thread)
n.(thr&ebreve]d)
Thread
[OE. threed, þred, AS. þr***aemacr]d; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. dr1913 webster dictionaryt, Icel. þr1913 webster dictionaryðr a thread, Sw. tr***a
  1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
  2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
  3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
  4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
    Bp. Burnet.
  5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
    [Obs.]

    A neat courtier,
    Of a most elegant thread.     B. Jonson.

    Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. -- Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. -- Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard. -- Thread lace, lace made of linen thread. -- Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.

  6. To pass a thread through the eye of] as, to thread a needle.
  7. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

    Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus. Mitford.

    They would not thread the gates. Shak.

  8. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
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