thred
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thred (countable and uncountable, plural threds)
- Obsolete form of thread.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:
- […] that all the businesses of Men do very much depend upon these little long fleaks or threds of Hemp and Flax.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:
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Etymology edit
From Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz.
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thred (plural thredes)
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- “thrēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-22.