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Kink :: Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or,

Gut :: Gut (n.) The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line..

Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..

Twine :: Twine (n.) A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string..

Thrid :: Thrid (n.) Thread; continuous line.

Weave :: Weave (v. t.) To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story..

Threadfish :: Threadfish (n.) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or C. crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads..

Quill :: Quill (v. t.) To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn..

Fillet :: Fillet (n.) The thread of a screw.

Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..

Torchon Lace :: Torchon lace () a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery..

Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance..

Guipure :: Guipure (n.) A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides..

Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone..

Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread..

Cannulated :: Cannulated (a.) Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle..

Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..

Fleak :: Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.

Blancard :: Blancard (n.) A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven..

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