theadn.
/θiːd/ Now dialect.
A brewer's strainer; = tap-hose n.: see quot. a1825.
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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1717 Bifore þy borde hatz þou broȝt beuerage in þede.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 490/1 Thede, bruarys instrument, qualus.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 280/1 Thede a brewars instrument.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Thead, the tall wicker strainer placed in the mash-tub over the hole in the bottom, that the wort may run off clear.
c1850 Catalogue in Leicester Gloss. (1881) Spiggot and thead.
1881 Catalogue in Leicester Gloss. (1881) Thead, a ‘tap-whisk’.
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