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thead Now dial.|θiːd|
Also 4 þede, 5–6 thede.
[Etymology unascertained.]
A brewer's strainer; = tap-hose: see quot. a 1825.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1717 Bifore þy borde hatz þou broȝt beuerage in þede. c1440Promp. Parv. 490/1 Thede, bruarys instrument, qualus. 1530Palsgr. 280/1 Thede a brewars instrument. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Thead, the tall wicker strainer placed in the mash-tub over the hole in the bottom, that the wort may run off clear. c1850Catalogue in Leicester Gloss. (1881), Spiggot and thead. 1881Ibid., Thead, a ‘tap-whisk’. |