Vocabulary : Thrasher to Threadbareness

Thrasher : Alt. of Thresher
Thrashing : of Thresh ;; a. & n. from Thrash, v.
Thrasonical : Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious.
Thrast : of Thraste
Thraste : of Thraste ;; To thrust.

Thrave : Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. ;; The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.
Thraw : See Throse.
Thread : A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted. ;; A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver. ;; The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1. ;; Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. ;; Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. ;; To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle. ;; To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid. ;; To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
Threadbare : Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. ;; Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
Threadbareness : The state of being threadbare.

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