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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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