Noah Webster
Thred
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.