قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

An instrument to thrash with; a flail.

Alt. of Thresher

of Thresh

a. & n. from Thrash, v.

Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious.

of Thraste

of Thraste

To thrust.

Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.

The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.

See Throse.

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.

A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.

The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.

Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.

Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.

To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

Having the form of a thread; filiform.