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sisters thread
[perh. from sister n. 3 a.]
(See quot. 1812.)
1572in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 156 Sisters threade .j. oz. 1586Rates of Custome E viij b, Thred called Sisters thred the li., vs. 1590Acct. Bk. W. Wray in Antiquary XXXII. 371, iiii ounce systers thred, vs. 1616Surfl. & Markham Countrie Farme v. xviii. 568 It will make you yarne..for the finest sisters thred that can bee sowed with. 1662Act 12 Chas. II, c. 4 (Rates, inwards), Sisters thred, the pound xvs. 1812J. Smyth Pract. Customs (1821) 257 All bleached Thread is called Sisters Thread. |