THRED, n.
1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length.
2. The filament of a flower.
3. The filament of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
4. A fine filament or line of gold or silver.
5. Air-threads,the fine white filaments which are See N floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders.
6. Something continued in a long course or tenor; as the thread of a discourse.
7. The prominent spiral part of a screw.
THREAD\par THRED, v.t. To pass a thread through the eye; as, to thread a needle.
1. To pass or pierce through, as a narrow way or channel.
They would not thread the gates,
Heavy trading ships--threading the Bosporus.
