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Thread
·noun Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. II. Thread ·vt To pass a thread through the eye of; as,...

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thread
[Ang.-Sax. thréd]. The middle of a river or stream. ♦ To thread. To run a ship through narrow and ...

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Pack
·noun A shook of cask staves. II. Pack ·noun A <<Pact>>. III. Pack ·vi To depart in haste; — gene...

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Thread-shaped
·adj Having the form of a thread; filiform. ...

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gold-thread
(Coptis trifolia.) A plant well known in medicine, valued for its stomachic and tonic properties. ...

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Pack herse
·- ·see under 2d Pack. ...

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Pack saddle
·- ·Alt. of Pack thread. ...

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close pack
The ice floes so jammed together that boring is impossible, and present efforts useless. (See pack-i...

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open pack
A body of drift ice, the pieces of which, though very near each other, do not generally touch. It is...

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pack-ice
A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...

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pack-rag day
Michaelmas-day, when servants change their places, and remove their clothes. Norf. and Suff. ...

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