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• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

THREAD (0. Eng. See also:

• PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH (1802–1839)

praed, literally, that which is See also:

• TWISTED

twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a See also:

• SILK

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

• 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 See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord of two or more yarns of fibrous substance, such as See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• SILK

silk, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool or See also:

• FLAX

flax, tightly See also:

• TWISTED

twisted together (see See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

SPINNING and COTTON AND COTTON MANUFACTURE) . See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

Thread, whether as silk or cotton thread, is particularly used for sewing, but it is also used in See also:

• WEAVING

weaving . See also:

• LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685)

Lisle thread, a hard-twisted See also:

• LINEN

linen thread, originally made at See also:

• LILLE

Lille in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, is specially used in the manufacture of stockings (see See also:

• HOSIERY

HOSIERY) . Apart from the figurative sense of that which runs through the course of a subject, narrative or speech, as a connecting thought, See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea or purpose, the See also:

• TERM

term is also applied specifically to the See also:

• SPIRAL

spiral See also:

• PART

part of a See also:

• SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw (q.v.) .