Definition of thread

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Thread (v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid..

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Hesp :: Hesp (n.) A measure of two hanks of linen thread.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped..
Threader :: Threader (n.) A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
Querl :: Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..
Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle..
Filiferous :: Filiferous (a.) Producing threads.
Nut :: Nut (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt..
Fibrilla :: Fibrilla (n.) A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril..
Thrid :: Thrid (n.) Thread; continuous line.
Mule :: Mule (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny..
Fleak :: Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.
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..
Lock Stitch :: Lock stitch () A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch..
Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Thread :: Thread (v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid..
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..
Ecthoreum :: Ecthoreum (n.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell..
Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.
Film :: Film (n.) A slender thread, as that of a cobweb..
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