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threaden

adj

Etymology

From Middle English threden, thredyn (“made of thread”), equivalent to thread + -en (made of).

  1. inherited from threden

Definitions

  1. Made of or woven from thread.

    • threaden fillet
    • Thy gloves they were made of a threaden stitch, Thou kept on thy hands to hide the itch; […]
    • That kindness plungeth him into a deeper bondage; the first was but a threaden snare, which he might break, but this is an infrangible chain of iron.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA