thrid
See also: thríd
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editthrid
Verb
editthrid (third-person singular simple present thrids, present participle thridding, simple past and past participle thridded)
- (archaic) To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.
- 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II:
- Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair.
- 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
- And now he thrids the bramble bush.
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part IV”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- I began / To thrid the musky-circled mazes.
- (archaic) To make or effect (a way or course) through something.
- to thrid one's way through a wood
Noun
editthrid (plural thrids)
- (obsolete) A thread.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thrid
By griefly Lachesis was spun with paine
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editthrid (plural thrids)
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