threadyadj.

Brit.

/ˈθrɛdi/, U.S.

/ˈθrɛdi/

Etymology: < thread n. + -y suffix¹.

†1. Full of or covered with thread. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [adjective] > consisting of or furnished with

thready1594

yarned1653

threaded1739

1594 Willobie his Auisa xl. f. 37^v When threedy spindle full was grow'n, Then would she chuse one for her ow'n.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 90 The thready shuttle glides along the lines.

a. Of thread-like texture; composed of fine fibres; stringy, fibrous.

ΚΠ

c1425 [implied in: tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 82 Arsenic & auripigment bene boþe one,..but auripigment is..more disesy for to grynde for his þredinez. (at threadiness n.)].

1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. iv. 12 Its threaddy Substance may be weav'd into a Web.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 71 Amianton is a stone of a lucid colour, and thready, like feathered alum.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 371/2 The bark [of the mulberry tree]..is rough, thick, thready, and fit for being made into ropes.

1810 tr. J. Landt Descr. Feroe Islands ii. 141 Compact, thready, or radiant zeolite.

1826 T. Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) II. 350 Abundance of grand thready peats.

b. Of liquid: Forming strings; viscid, ropy.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids > forming or containing thread-like parts

roping1440

ropy1467

roped?1489

long1569

stringy1694

thready1733

thongy1847

1733 Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. No. 1 Advt. Urine..foul, slimy, thready.

1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 182 The mucus will become very tough, and almost thready.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 435 [The fluid of a pyonephrosis] is more or less thready and glairy.

c. Of a plant: Bearing thread-like fibres or parts; filamentous, hairy. rare.

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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair

beardedc1450

downy1551

cottoned1578

friezed1578

maned1578

woolly1578

hairy1597

bristle-pointed1601

comous1657

fimbrious1657

tomentous1657

shagged1671

tomentose1698

crinated1724

villose1727

hispid1753

pubescent1760

setose1760

villous1766

lashed1776

silky1776

strigous1776

sericeous1777

awny1786

awned1787

strigose1793

shaggy1796

stupose1799

thready1804

feather-headed1821

setous1822

aristate1829

filamentous1835

fimbriate1836

puberulent1841

puberulous1841

sericated1848

barbate1853

strigillose1857

fimbrilliferous1866

ciliolate1870

fimbrillose1884

strigulated1899

1804 C. Smith Conversations II. Notes 204 Thready Yucca, an Aloe, I believe.

d. Having thread-like markings; veined.

ΚΠ

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. xliii. 493 Ioyners doe chuse the mistresse threadie graine that is most streight.

e. Threadbare; showing the threads.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [adjective] > threadbare

threadbare1362

thready1910

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > worn bare > threadbare

threadbare1362

bare1483

bare (also) worn to the thread1483

peeled?a1513

sere1523

pilled1548

napless1596

thready1910

1910 Nation 15 Jan. 639/2 The envelope fluttered to the thready carpet.

3. Of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling a thread or a mass of loose threads; thread-like, hair-like; of a root: fibrous.

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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > consisting of or resembling hair

thready1597

setaceous1664

capillaceous1731

byssaceous1835

awn-like1879

the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > fibrous

thready1597

towy1601

fibrous1626

filaceous1626

stringy1669

filamentous1682

fibrose1697

fibrillous1747

filamentose1848

fibrillated1849

fibry1882

fibrillate1884

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > like a thread

reaminga1398

threadish1578

thready1597

filamentous1682

fibrous1707

filiform1758

thread-like1774

fibry1802

filiformed1851

tendrilous1857

fibrine1881

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 3 The roote is threddie.

1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. xii. 6. 325 The small and threddie rootes of a tree.

1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 92 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. Her Feathers are thready or hairy.

1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 405 Its Style is thready, and about an Inch long.

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 231 Here it will twist and fasten its thready Entanglements to them almost from top to bottom.

1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie i Her black hair..would have revealed a thready glitter of grey.

1881 G. MacDonald Warlock o' Glenwarlock xxiv. 352 Many a thready weed.

4. Of the pulse: see quot. 1899.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [adjective] > small or weak pulse

small1564

empty1654

formicating1684

weak1700

formicant1707

thready1753

weakish1809

formicative1822

thread-like1825

shabby1843

wiry1897

1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 109 A frequent, and very thready Pulse.

1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 239 His pulse was too quick..and withall low and thready.

1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing xiii. 69 The pulse becomes quick, perhaps 130, and so thready it is not like a pulse at all, but like a string vibrating just underneath the skin.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 621 The pulse becomes small, sharp, wiry or thready.

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thready pulse, a small, scarcely perceptible pulse found in the terminal stages of fatal diseases.

5. Of the voice, etc.: Dry and thin; wanting in fullness. (Cf. thread n. 4b.)

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > thin

thready1860

1860 All Year Round 4 Feb. 344 Incapable of knowing how exceedingly high he is pitching his thready old voice.

1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iii. 92 Sickly pianos and thready harps.

1902 R. Broughton Lavinia (1903) 235 A fuller sound in the thready voice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thready
释义	threadyadj. Brit. /ˈθrɛdi/, U.S. /ˈθrɛdi/ Etymology: < thread n. + -y suffix¹. †1. Full of or covered with thread. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [adjective] > consisting of or furnished with thready1594 yarned1653 threaded1739 1594 Willobie his Auisa xl. f. 37^v When threedy spindle full was grow'n, Then would she chuse one for her ow'n. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 90 The thready shuttle glides along the lines. 2. a. Of thread-like texture; composed of fine fibres; stringy, fibrous. ΚΠ c1425 [implied in: tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 82 Arsenic & auripigment bene boþe one,..but auripigment is..more disesy for to grynde for his þredinez. (at threadiness n.)]. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. iv. 12 Its threaddy Substance may be weav'd into a Web. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 71 Amianton is a stone of a lucid colour, and thready, like feathered alum. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 371/2 The bark [of the mulberry tree]..is rough, thick, thready, and fit for being made into ropes. 1810 tr. J. Landt Descr. Feroe Islands ii. 141 Compact, thready, or radiant zeolite. 1826 T. Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) II. 350 Abundance of grand thready peats. b. Of liquid: Forming strings; viscid, ropy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids > forming or containing thread-like parts roping1440 ropy1467 roped?1489 long1569 stringy1694 thready1733 thongy1847 1733 Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. No. 1 Advt. Urine..foul, slimy, thready. 1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 182 The mucus will become very tough, and almost thready. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 435 [The fluid of a pyonephrosis] is more or less thready and glairy. c. Of a plant: Bearing thread-like fibres or parts; filamentous, hairy. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair beardedc1450 downy1551 cottoned1578 friezed1578 maned1578 woolly1578 hairy1597 bristle-pointed1601 comous1657 fimbrious1657 tomentous1657 shagged1671 tomentose1698 crinated1724 villose1727 hispid1753 pubescent1760 setose1760 villous1766 lashed1776 silky1776 strigous1776 sericeous1777 awny1786 awned1787 strigose1793 shaggy1796 stupose1799 thready1804 feather-headed1821 setous1822 aristate1829 filamentous1835 fimbriate1836 puberulent1841 puberulous1841 sericated1848 barbate1853 strigillose1857 fimbrilliferous1866 ciliolate1870 fimbrillose1884 strigulated1899 1804 C. Smith Conversations II. Notes 204 Thready Yucca, an Aloe, I believe. d. Having thread-like markings; veined. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. xliii. 493 Ioyners doe chuse the mistresse threadie graine that is most streight. e. Threadbare; showing the threads. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [adjective] > threadbare threadbare1362 thready1910 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > worn bare > threadbare threadbare1362 bare1483 bare (also) worn to the thread1483 peeled?a1513 sere1523 pilled1548 napless1596 thready1910 1910 Nation 15 Jan. 639/2 The envelope fluttered to the thready carpet. 3. Of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling a thread or a mass of loose threads; thread-like, hair-like; of a root: fibrous. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > consisting of or resembling hair thready1597 setaceous1664 capillaceous1731 byssaceous1835 awn-like1879 the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > fibrous thready1597 towy1601 fibrous1626 filaceous1626 stringy1669 filamentous1682 fibrose1697 fibrillous1747 filamentose1848 fibrillated1849 fibry1882 fibrillate1884 the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > like a thread reaminga1398 threadish1578 thready1597 filamentous1682 fibrous1707 filiform1758 thread-like1774 fibry1802 filiformed1851 tendrilous1857 fibrine1881 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 3 The roote is threddie. 1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. xii. 6. 325 The small and threddie rootes of a tree. 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 92 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. Her Feathers are thready or hairy. 1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 405 Its Style is thready, and about an Inch long. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 231 Here it will twist and fasten its thready Entanglements to them almost from top to bottom. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie i Her black hair..would have revealed a thready glitter of grey. 1881 G. MacDonald Warlock o' Glenwarlock xxiv. 352 Many a thready weed. 4. Of the pulse: see quot. 1899. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [adjective] > small or weak pulse small1564 empty1654 formicating1684 weak1700 formicant1707 thready1753 weakish1809 formicative1822 thread-like1825 shabby1843 wiry1897 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 109 A frequent, and very thready Pulse. 1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 239 His pulse was too quick..and withall low and thready. 1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing xiii. 69 The pulse becomes quick, perhaps 130, and so thready it is not like a pulse at all, but like a string vibrating just underneath the skin. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 621 The pulse becomes small, sharp, wiry or thready. 1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thready pulse, a small, scarcely perceptible pulse found in the terminal stages of fatal diseases. 5. Of the voice, etc.: Dry and thin; wanting in fullness. (Cf. thread n. 4b.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > thin thready1860 1860 All Year Round 4 Feb. 344 Incapable of knowing how exceedingly high he is pitching his thready old voice. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iii. 92 Sickly pianos and thready harps. 1902 R. Broughton Lavinia (1903) 235 A fuller sound in the thready voice. 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