| 单词 | thread net |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthread net Compounds C1. General. (a) Simple attributive, ‘of thread’, as threadball, thread-end, thread-mill, thread-spool, etc. (b) in sense ‘made of linen or cotton thread’ = threaden adj., as thread bodice, thread girdle, thread glove, thread net, thread point, thread ribbon, thread shoe, thread stocking, etc. (often hyphenated). (c) Objective and objective genitive, as thread-coupler, thread-drawer, thread-maker, thread-manufacturer, thread-spinner, thread-twister, thread-winder, etc.; thread-cutting, thread-forming, thread-making, thread-spinning, thread-twisting, thread-winding, etc. nouns and adjectives; thread-wise adv.; similative, parasynthetic, etc., as thread-line; thread-lettered, thread-shaped adjs. a. threadball n. ΚΠ 1896 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 21 Nov. 543/1 Peer's wild run through the night over the charred heath, stumbling over the threadballs and broken straws. 1918 G. Frankau One of Them xvi. 123 How the three crones must laugh as they entwine Cat's-cradle-wise our mortal threadball's tangle. thread bodice n. ΚΠ c1665 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 275 A black thread bodice. thread-coupler n. ΚΠ 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 399 Thread coupler; assists harness-builder..in setting-up harness for jacquard looms. thread-cutting n. ΚΠ a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 894/1 Thread-cutting machine..for cutting threads in bolts, etc. thread-drawer n. ΚΠ 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms § 428 Drawer, thread drawer;..takes piece of material..to form a handkerchief, and draws..certain warp and weft threads. thread-end n. ΚΠ 1900 W. H. Hudson Nature in Downland 53 Slender dry bents standing out like pale yellow thread-ends. ΚΠ a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 80 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) A linnen or threed Girdle. thread glove n. ΚΠ 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. I. 201 Fast cotton dyeing for Lisle thread gloves. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Lisle-gloves, fine thread gloves. thread-line n. ΚΠ 1890 J. P. Ballard Among Moths & Butterflies 122 The quickness of the parting and closing of this narrow thread-line. thread-maker n. ΚΠ 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. vii. 237 Where had they Thread when the Thread-makers Trade was not invented? thread-making n. ΚΠ 1878 J. Watson (title) Art of Spinning and Thread-Making. thread-net n. ΚΠ 1895 I. Zangwill Master i. vii A thread-net confined her hair. ΚΠ 1635 in M. Christy Voy. L. Foxe & T. James (1894) I. 42 He gave every one of them a Threed point [= needle]. thread riband n. ΚΠ 1650 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. (ed. 2) xxi. 34 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Calicoes, threed-ribbands, and such polldavy ware. thread satin n. ΚΠ 1713 London Gaz. No. 5173/4 A Thread-Sattin Night-Gown, striped red and white. thread-spinner n. ΚΠ 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant x. 102 Today, the work of..the 2,000,000 thread-spinners [women] is done by 1,000 girls. thread-spool n. ΚΠ 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 88 Out of blocks, thread-spools, cards, and checkers, he [the child] will build his pyramid. thread stocking n. ΚΠ c1665 in Verney Mem. II. 275 Stirrup thredd stockins. 1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 3 They..presented me with Gloves, and Thread-Stockings, most delicately knit. 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Jan. (1948) II. 461 I hide my purse in my thread stocking between the bed's head and the wainscot. thread-twister n. ΚΠ 1725 London Gaz. No. 6384/7 Gabriel Beale,..Thread-Twister. b. thread-forming adj. ΚΠ 1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 34 The tanks which supply the solution to the thread-forming apparatus. thread-lettered adj. ΚΠ 1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 83/2 The specific name filigrammaria, or thread-lettered. thread-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xix. 52 An Amentaceous aggregate Flower has a Filiform, Thread-shaped Receptacle. thread-winding adj. ΚΠ 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 2560 Thread-winding Guide..Thread-winding Machine. c. thread-wise adv. ΚΠ 1918 M. B. Lowndes Out of War? xx. 255 The narrow, winding road which ran thread-wise on the cliffs. C2. thread-animalcule n. a vibrionine animalcule. ΚΠ 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 184 Strings which they pull out to make..thread shooes after the Spanish manner. thread bag n. Jamaica a small cloth bag, tied or drawn closed with a thread or string. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > of other specific material net bag1598 hair bag1712 paper bag1723 thread bag1924 plastic bag1941 polybag1964 ziplock1974 buveera1994 kaveera1994 1924 M. W. Beckwith Jamaica Anansi Stories 35 An' Goat cut her up an' put her in his tread-bag. 1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together ii. xii. 226 Her money gone! Somebody had robbed her while she was asleep. She carried it in a threadbag tied with a string around her neck. thread belay n. Mountaineering a belay in which the rope or sling is passed through a hole in the rock before being secured again to the climber. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of runner1688 runner ring1791 ice axec1800 alpenstock1829 rope1838 climbing-iron1857 piolet1868 snap-link1875 prickera1890 middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892 chock1894 glacier-rope1897 piton1898 run-out1901 belaying-pin1903 snap-ring1903 ironmongery1904 line1907 Tricouni1914 ice claw1920 peg1920 sling1920 ice piton1926 ice hammer1932 karabiner1932 rock piton1934 thread belay1935 mugger1941 running belay1941 piton hammer1943 sky-hook1951 etrier1955 pied d'éléphant1956 rope sling1957 piton runner1959 bong1960 krab1963 rurp1963 ice screw1965 nut1965 traverse line1965 jumar1966 knife-blade1968 tie-off1968 rock peg1971 whammer1971 Whillans whammer1971 Whillans harness1974 1935 Jrnl. Fell & Rock Climbing Club 10 236 (caption) Thread belay. 1941 C. F. Kirkus Let's go Climbing! iv. 54 Here you use a thread belay, passing a loop of your rope through a muddy hole behind a chockstone..and tying it round the stone or on to your waist line. 1965 A. Blackshaw Mountaineering viii. 225 Because a thread belay with the main climbing rope is usually very awkward and complicated..slings are normally used. thread-board n. in a ringframe, a board placed over the spindles to hold the thread-guides. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of > parts of mendoza1803 faller1807 headstock1825 rim wheel1827 traveller1830 ring spindle1837 carrying comb1844 whirler1860 coiler1873 breaking-frame1875 nosing motion1883 tube1884 weigh-box1884 check-band1892 presser eye1892 thread-board1892 1892 J. Nasmith Students' Cotton Spinning ix. 328 The yarn is taken through the wire eyes fixed in hinged boards known as ‘thread boards’. Thesaurus » Categories » thread-carrier n. a guide through which the yarn passes in the knitting-machine (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1877). thread-cell n. (a) a stinging cell in cœlenterates; a nematocyst; (b) a spermatozoon ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > parts of > cell in which power of stinging resides thread-cell1859 nematocyst1868 cnida1876 nemocyst1878 stinging-cell1885 cnidocyst1888 colloblast1900 1859 T. H. Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 82 The distal division remains short, and acquires only small thread-cells. 1871 G. J. Allman Monogr. Gymnoblastic Hydroids I. p. xiv Thread-cells, peculiar bodies consisting of a containing capsule and contained filament destined for urtication. thread clips n. (see quot. 1964); also attributive in singular. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > equipment for cutting > shears or clippers sample cuttera1884 thread clips1958 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > other none-so-prettyc1700 finding1856 needle threader1863 packing-awl1875 thread clips1958 1958 Times 27 Dec. 4/1 Threadclip scissors..are employed in the weaving trade for snipping loose ends during the weaving process. 1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour v. 62/2 Thread clips, a real time-saving little clipper that can be used effectively for snipping threads and making the small clips needed for marking or for curved seams. It has one ring which fits over the little finger, and is operated by squeezing with the palm of the hand. thread-counter n. a magnifying glass used in counting the threads within a given space in a texture. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > other processes > equipment for comb1398 scrawc1563 scray1791 plaiting machine1813 canroy1836 needle-board1879 serigraph1881 ager1884 thread-counter1909 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Texture-counter, a small magnifying-glass of low power, used in counting the number of threads, within a given space, in the texture of a fabric. thread-cutter n. (a) a small blade attached to a sewing machine or the like for severing a sewing-thread; (b) a tool or machine for cutting screw-threads. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for presser bar1813 flat bed1819 shuttle1847 foot1854 looper1857 take-up1859 work holder1859 feller1860 shuttle-carrier1860 binder1865 braider1866 ruffler1868 presser foot1875 shuttle-windera1877 tension-device1877 thread-cutter1877 thread-oiler1877 tuck-creaser1877 tucking-gauge1877 tuck-marker1877 thread-guide1924 zipper foot1938 free arm1948 balance-wheel1961 tuck-folder- 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Thread-cutter, a small blade attached to a thimble, to a thread-stand, or to a sewing-machine, to cut off a sewing-thread. Categories » thread-drawing n. the process of ornamenting a textile fabric by drawing out some of the threads so as to form a pattern; cf. drawnwork n. thread-feather n. see quot. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > other specific types drivings1682 whisker1752 subaxillary1820 accessory plume1835 flake-feather1837 filoplume1867 penna1871 thread-feather1872 deck-feather1879 streamer1879 racket1887 afterfeather1937 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 4 Filoplumes (filoplumæ), or thread~feathers..have an extremely slender, almost invisible, stem. thread-fin n. = thread-fish n., (a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Polynemoidei (thread fins) > polynemus quadridactylus (thread-fin) thread-fish1885 thread-fin1896 tassel-fish1898 1896 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Check-list Fishes & Fish-like Vertebr. N. & Middle Amer. 335 Polynemidæ. The Threadfins. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 5 Apr. 27/3 Thread~fins..rarely extend southward to the coast of N.S. Wales. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. c–5/1 He was credited with introducing threadfin shad as a forage fish for bass. Thesaurus » Categories » thread-finisher n. a machine by which a smooth glossy surface is given to thread (Knight, 1877). thread-fish n. (a) a polynemoid fish; (b) the West Indian cobbler-fish, Blepharis crinitus; (c) the cutlass-fish or silvery hair-tail, Trichiurus lepturus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Polynemoidei (thread fins) > polynemus quadridactylus (thread-fin) thread-fish1885 thread-fin1896 tassel-fish1898 1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxxii. 386 All but three were thread fishes, a stange species of Polynemus..distinguished by the..thread-like filaments..attached to the pectoral fins. thread-flower n. (a) a name for plants of the genus Poinciana, N.O. Leguminosæ, section Cæsalpinieæ, so called from their long thread-like stamens; (b) a plant of the South American genus Nematanthus, N.O. Gesneraceæ, of climbing shrubs, bearing crimson flowers pendent on long stalks. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > poinciana poinciana1731 Barbados pride1756 flower-fence1786 gulmohar1839 flamboyant1879 peacock flower1884 thread-flower1884 flamboyant tree1903 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Crimson Thread-flower, Poinciana (Cæsalpinia) Gilliesii. thread-foot n. a name of the herb Podostemon ceratophyllus, in reference to its finely-divided linear leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > thread-foot river weed1832 Podostemum1836 podostemad1846 thread-foot1884 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Thread-foot, Podostemon ceratophyllus. thread-frame n. a machine in which linen or cotton yarn is doubled and twisted into thread. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > machine for making linen or cotton thread thread-frame1839 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1239 The doubling and twisting of cotton or linen yarn into a compact thread..is performed by..the thread-frame. Thesaurus » thread-gauge n. a gauge for ascertaining the number of turns to the inch in, or the accuracy of, a screw-thread (Knight, 1877). thread-guide n. a device in a sewing- or spinning-machine for directing the thread (Knight, 1877). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for presser bar1813 flat bed1819 shuttle1847 foot1854 looper1857 take-up1859 work holder1859 feller1860 shuttle-carrier1860 binder1865 braider1866 ruffler1868 presser foot1875 shuttle-windera1877 tension-device1877 thread-cutter1877 thread-oiler1877 tuck-creaser1877 tucking-gauge1877 tuck-marker1877 thread-guide1924 zipper foot1938 free arm1948 balance-wheel1961 tuck-folder- 1924 Earl of Ronaldshay India xiii. 159 The supply from abroad of such things as bobbins, plane tree-rollers..and porcelain thread-guides was cut off. 1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour v. 69/2 On most machines, the last thread guide will indicate the direction in which the thread must enter the needle. thread-herring n. popular name of (a) Dorosoma cepedianum, also called the mud-shad or gizzard-shad (local, U.S.); (b) a clupeoid fish, Opisthonema thrissa, of the Atlantic coast of North America, in which the last ray of the dorsal fin is thread-like. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > doromosa cepedianum (hickory shad) hickory shada1816 shad-herring1845 mud shad1876 gizzard shad1884 stink-shad1884 white-eyed shad1884 winter shad1884 thread-herring1888 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 409 In the Chesapeake region it is known as the ‘Mud-Shad’,..in North Carolina as the ‘Hairy-back’ or the ‘Thread Herring’. thread-indicator n. a device for the accurate measurement of plant-growth, in which a thread attached to the plant passes over a pulley and actuates a registering apparatus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [noun] > botanical instruments > for measuring growth thread-indicator1875 auxanometer1878 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 747 The Thread-indicator..in which..a horizontal needle..moves freely over a graduated scale as the end of the thread which is fixed to the plant rises with its growth. thread-leaved adj. having narrow filiform leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having leaves of particular shape or size broad-leaved1552 long-leaved1562 narrow-leaved1578 round-leaved1597 small-leaved1597 long-leafed1629 rosemary-leaved1633 rue-leaved1633 teretifolious1657 cut-leaved1731 longleaf1733 channel-leaved1758 halberd-shaped1770 alder-leaved1772 oak-leaved1776 holly-leaved1777 ivy-leaved1789 halberd-headed1795 daisy-leaved1796 narrow-leaf1804 oblique-leaved1807 sword-leaved1807 wing-leaved1822 flaggy1842 curly1845 macrophyllous1857 parvifolious1857 shield-leaved1860 curled1861 symphyllous1877 beak-leaved188. stenophyllous1880 thread-leaved1884 megaphyllous1901 little leaf1908 ivy-leaf1909 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Drosera filiformis, Thread-leaved Sun-dew. threadman n. a maker or seller of thread. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > one who threadman1663 thread-woman1753 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of thread threadman1663 thread-woman1753 1663 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences Stephen Ward of Maidstone, thredman. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4932/4 Benjamin Cutlove, of London, Threadman. Categories » thread-mark n. a distinguishing mark consisting of a highly coloured thread, incorporated in bank-note paper to prevent counterfeiting by photography. thread-mill n. a factory actuated by water or steam power in which thread is made. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > place for thread-mill1799 thread-work1856 1799 Hull Advertiser 23 Feb. 3/2 A..fire broke out..which entirely consumed nine thread-mills. 1907 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 6/6 Exciting scenes..in connection with the Paisley thread mill strike. thread-miller n. a machine for milling or cutting threads. ΚΠ 1922 Daily Tel. 12 June 20/3 Tools, furnaces, pumps, thread millers. thread-moss n. a moss of the genus Bryum or one of its allies. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > other mosses golden maidenhair1578 polytrichon1578 bryon1597 maidenhair moss1597 mountain coralline1598 chalice-moss1610 purple bottle1650 water moss1663 fern-moss1698 hypnum1753 Mnium1754 rock tripe1763 feather-moss1776 scaly water-moss1796 screw moss1804 hog-bed1816 fringe-moss1818 caribou moss1831 apple moss1841 bristle-moss1844 scale-moss1846 anophyte1850 robin's rye1854 wall moss1855 fork-moss1860 thread-moss1864 lattice moss1868 robin-wheat1886 1864 M. G. Campbell in Intellect. Observer No. 33. 155 The thread-mosses are an interesting and numerous tribe. Thesaurus » Categories » thread-oiler n. an oil vessel through which the thread was conducted in some sewing machines (Knight, 1877). thread-petalled adj. having filiform petals. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals foliaceous1658 monopetalous1687 pentapetalous1687 polypetalous1687 hose-in-hose1688 monopetalose1693 pentapetalose1693 tetrapetalose1694 tetrapetalous1697 tripetalose1698 tripetalous1704 hexapetalous1707 petalous1719 petaloid1720 planipetalous1730 petaline1783 petaliform1788 petalled1793 polypetal1803 hexapetaloid1813 hexapetaloideous1830 tripetaloid1830 tripetaloideous1830 unipetalous1831 petaliferous1847 macropetalous1857 sympetalous1870 apopetalous1875 anisopetalous1880 petally1888 thread-petalled1899 thousand-petalled1951 decapetalous- synpetalous- 1899 Daily News 7 Dec. 11/1 Spidery kinds [of chrysanthemums] include the thread-petalled Mrs. Carter. Thesaurus » Categories » thread-plant n. any plant from which fibre for thread-making is obtained (Ogilvie, 1882). thread rush n. Juncus filiformis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants rusheOE sharp rushc1050 seave14.. junk?a1425 candle-rushc1440 rush1562 sea-rush1562 camel's-straw1578 mat-rush1578 sprot1595 frog grass1597 matweed1597 rush grass1597 sprata1600 spart1614 bumble1633 toad-grass1640 moss-rush1670 thresha1689 spreta1700 bog rush1760 black grassa1763 goose-corn1762 toad-rush1776 wood-rush1776 stool-bent1777 scrub-grass1811 beak-rush1830 salt-weed1836 wiwi1840 thread rush1861 three-leaved rush1861 kill-cow1898 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 291 Thread Rush, or Slender Rush..is remarkable for its thread-like stems. thread-sister n. [sister n. 12c] the stool on which the thread-lace pillow is placed. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > other equipment thread-sister1721 pricking1851 sister1892 1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 285 Thred Sisters. thread-tangle n. the seaweed Chorda filum, having long cylindrical fronds; sea-laces. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > whipcord seaweeds sea-thong1633 sea-lace1666 sea-points1666 fucus1714 sea-catgut1833 sea-whipcord1833 sea-whiplash1833 thread-tangle1844 whipcord1850 whiplash1850 sea-whip1858 thong weed1958 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 416 The Chorda filum, or thread-tangle. thread-waxer n. see quot. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > materials > wax > bowl of thread-waxer1877 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Thread-waxer, a bowl of heated shoemaker's wax, through which the thread is conducted in sewing-machines for boots, shoes, and leather. thread-wire n. a wire thread-guide in a spinning-machine. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of knave1564 porcupine roller1776 catch box1809 jack-frame1814 Jack-in-the-box1814 flyer frame1825 sneck1825 thread-wire1825 creel1835 fly-frame1835 self-actor1835 trumpet-mouth1835 counter-faller1836 Jack1875 trumpet1877 back-shaft1879 builder1884 pot-eye1884 twizzle1884 rice creel1895 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 398 When either of the threads break, the thread-wire through which it passes falls down. thread-woman n. see threadman n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > one who threadman1663 thread-woman1753 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of thread threadman1663 thread-woman1753 1753 World 25 Jan. 21 The happiest in the world, madam, returned the thread-woman. thread-work n. (a) a fabric consisting of or resembling threads; ornamental work formed of threads, lace-work; drawn thread work: see drawnwork n.; (b) plural a thread-making establishment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > place for thread-mill1799 thread-work1856 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace window work1586 threading1852 thread-work1856 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. ix. 97 The deftly-woven threadwork of the tissues. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xxvii. 184 Pillows edged with the thread-work of Louvain. 1906 Daily Chron. 10 May 9/4 Mill girls employed in the thread works joined this organisation. thread-worn adj. worn to the thread, threadbare; also, of a screw, having a worn thread. See also threadbare adj., thread-lace n., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > commonplace quotidian1430 trite1548 beaten1587 trivial1589 threadbare1598 protrite1604 prose1606 commonplace1616 everyday1628 prostitute1631 prosaical1699 tritical1709 prosaic1729 tritish1779 hack1821 rum-ti-tum1832 unspecial1838 banal1840 commonplacish1847 prosy1849 inventionless1887 thread-worn1888 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > dull through repetition trite1548 beaten1587 threadbare1598 repetitious1673 hackneyed1747 monotonous1780 commonplace1801 thread-worn1888 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > stale, trite, or hackneyed stale1550 cock-crowen1577 hackney1590 threadbare1598 worn-out1713 hackish1868 thread-worn1888 timeworn1901 old hat1949 connect-the-dots1971 join-the-dots1988 1888 Dublin Rev. July 69 The subject..is threadworn. < as lemmas |
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