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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thread \Thread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threaded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Threading}.]
1. To pass a thread through the eye of as to thread a
needle.
2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way also to effect
or make as one's way through or between obstacles; to
thrid.
Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.
--Mitford.
They would not thread the gates. --Shak.
3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in as to thread a
screw or nut.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
threading
{thread}
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