The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
THREADED
threaded
(adjective) (of bolts or screws) having screw threads
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
threaded (comparative more threaded, superlative most threaded)
Having threads.
(Internet) (Of messages) Arranged in a thread.
Antonyms
• unthreaded
Hyponyms
• hyper-threaded
• multithreaded
Verb
threaded
simple past tense and past participle of thread
Anagrams
• dreadeth
Source: Wiktionary
THREAD
Thread, n. Etym: [OE. threed, , AS. ; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. drat, Icel. a thread, Sw. tråd, Dan. traad, and AS. to twist. See Throw, and cf. Third.]
1. 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.
2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. Bp. Burnet.
5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.] A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. B. Jonson. Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer.
– Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] Shak.
– Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.
– Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard.
– Thread lace, lace made of linen thread.
– Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.
Thread, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading.]
1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid. Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus. Mitford. They would not thread the gates. Shak.
3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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