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threaden, a. Now arch. or dial.|ˈθrɛd(ə)n|
Forms: see thread n.; (also 5 therdyn).
[f. thread n. + -en4.]
Composed or made of thread; spec. made of linen thread.
c1400Laud Troy Bk. 8351, I ȝeue not a threden lace Off thyn euel wil and thi manace! 1499Croscombe Churchw. Acc. (Som. Rec. Soc.) 23 A therdyn cerchewe. 1590Lodge Euphues' Gold. Leg. 59 b, A dosen of new thredden points of medley coulour. 1594Willobie Avisa (1880) 76 Not worth in proofe a threden poynt. 1610B. Jonson Alch. i. i, A thin thredden cloake. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 224/1 They went always covered with Threaden Caps or Hoods. 1780Warner Let. 24 Aug., in Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. (1844) IV. 366 Of his threaden sails [he] has made wings to our riches wherewith to fly away. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia s.v., Within our memory ‘threaden stockings’ were an article of Sunday apparel for village servants and apprentices. 1870Rock Text. Fabr. Introd. v. 127 Very fine threaden cloths..for liturgical purposes. |