threadingn.
/ˈθrɛdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈθrɛdɪŋ/ The action of thread v. in various senses; an instance of this.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun] > viscous substance > stringy formation
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace
window work1586
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > [noun] > processes in making screws
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > through any medium or space > causing to pass through in proper course
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Filet d'huyle, a small drop, or threading of oyle.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §293 We see in Liquors, the thredding of them in Stillicides.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour iv. xxii. 113 The collar..exhibited all the stitchings and threadings incident to that department of the garment.
1887 E. Gurney Tertium Quid II. 45 Accurate thridding of labyrinthine things.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Nov. 7/1 The machine which does the threading [of screws] is complicated and slow.
1908 R. W. Chambers Firing Line xxviii Another woman awoke to take up the ravelled threadings of her life again.
1913 F. H. Richardson Motion Picture Handbk. (ed. 2) 219 It is aggravating for the operator who has to do rapid work in threading up, to be obliged to work with reels in bad condition.
1932 L. E. Simpson & M. Weir Weaver's Craft x. 92 For the threading up one person should sit at the back of the loom in such a position that the ‘shed’ sticks and warp threads can be easily seen.
1933 Sight & Sound Spring 34/2 Accessibility of the gates and sprockets for threading up.
1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour v. 69/1 Always check your instruction manual for proper threading.
1970 Which? Jan. 8/1 Threading can be a tedious and sometimes tricky business, especially if the thread has to go through other openings as well as the eye of the needle.
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Computing.
a. On newsreader or email software, an online forum, etc.: the facility for organizing (and displaying) a series of posts or messages relating to the same subject as a linked sequence; the presentation of posts or messages in this form. Cf. thread n. Additions b.
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1987 Re: Red Ryder Host Materials on GEnie? in comp.sys.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Mar. The first major area of improvement for Host in the future will be much more powerful message section, threading etc.
1997 Byte Nov. 14/1 Newsreaders have threading built-in.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 May e7/2 Yet another clever organizational feature is ‘conversations’, known to computer geeks as threading. Back-and-forth messages on a single topic, even among several participants, appear as one entry in your in-box.
2012 New Haven (Connecticut) Reg. (Nexis) 22 Mar. The reason to go to Disqus was to make the comments more readable, with threading of conversations, white-listing of commenters and other features.
b. = multithreading n.
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1987 Network World 17 Aug. 39/2 Common threading. DCMs operate in multitasking, multithread modes.
1997 S. Oaks Java Threads i. 7 The notion of threading is so ingrained in Java that it's almost impossible to write even the simplest programs in Java without creating and using threads.
2010 B. Czernicki Silverlight 4 Business Intelligence Software x. 322 Each development framework can include different implementations of how threading is handled and the options that are available to a developer.
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A method of depilation originating in South Asia, in which hair is plucked out using a twisted cotton thread.
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1991 Orlando Sentinel 12 Apr. e3/5 Her rates for threading are the same as she charges for waxing: $6 for eyebrows, $30 for bikini area.
1994 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 May (Flair Mag.) 6/1 Hair is removed from the upper lip by the threading process.
2002 N.Y. Mag. 9 Dec. 74/3 (advt.) Unlike waxing, threading doesn't pull or burn the skin, resulting in clean shapes to eyebrows.
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