THREAD (0. Eng.

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• PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH (1802–1839)

praed, literally, that which is

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• TWISTED

twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a

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• SILK

silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread,

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• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire)  , a thin or fine cord of two or more yarns of fibrous substance, such as cotton, silk, wool or flax, tightly twisted together (see SPINNING and COTTON AND COTTON MANUFACTURE) . Thread, whether as silk or cotton thread, is particularly used for sewing, but it is also used in weaving . Lisle thread, a hard-twisted linen thread, originally made at Lille in France, is specially used in the manufacture of stockings (see HOSIERY) . Apart from the figurative sense of that which runs through the course of a subject, narrative or speech, as a connecting thought, idea or purpose, the term is also applied specifically to the spiral part of a screw (q.v.) .