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Thread [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. THREAD

2. THREAD 'BARE

3. THREAD 'BARENESS

4. THREAD 'EN

5. THREAD 'Y

6. THREAP, verb transitive To chide, contend or argue. [Local.]

Thread [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.

Thread [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

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

Thread-shaped [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the form of a thread; filiform.

Threadbare [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.

2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.

Threadbareness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being threadbare.

Threaded [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Thread

Threaden [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet.

Threader [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A device for assisting in threading a needle.

2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.

Threadfin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.

Threadfish [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The cutlass fish.

2. 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.

Threadiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quality of being thready.

Threading [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Thread

Threadworm [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.

Threadworms Encyclopedia Britannica

THREADWORMS. See Nematoidea.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 23, p. 319
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Thready [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.

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7 KJV and 8 BSB verses contain “Thread”

Genesis 14:23

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Genesis 38:28

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first,

And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.

Genesis 38:30

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

Exodus 39:3

And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.

They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

Joshua 2:18

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Joshua 9:5

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.

Judges 16:9

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

Judges 16:12

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

Song of Solomon 4:3

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Song of Solomon 7:5

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

Jeremiah 51:13

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.