THRED, noun 1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length. 2. The filament of a flower. 3. The filament of any fibrous substance, as of bark. 4. A fine filament or line of gold or silver. 5. Air-threads, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders. 6. Something continued in a long course or tenor; as the thread of a discourse. 7. The prominent spiral part of a screw. THREAD THRED, verb transitive To pass a thread through the eye; as, to thread a needle. 1. To pass or pierce through, as a narrow way or channel. They would not thread the gates, Heavy trading ships--threading the Bosporus.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI