Threader vs Threaden - What's the difference?
threader | threaden |
A device used to thread needles
A device used to machine a screw thread
(label) Made or woven of thread; textile.
*1811 , Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review :
*1861 , Thomas Adams, The Works of Thomas Adams :
*2014 , Ben Jonson, ?Elizabeth Cook, The Alchemist :
As a noun threader
is a device used to thread needles.As an adjective threaden is
made or woven of thread; textile.threader
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(-)- (Shakespeare)
- Thy gloves they were made of a threaden stitch, Thou kept on thy hands to hide the itch; […]
- That kindness plungeth him into a deeper bondage; the first was but a threaden snare, which he might break, but this is an infrangible chain of iron.
- Your feet in mouldy slippers, for your kibes, A felt of rug, and a thin threaden cloak, That scarce would cover your no-buttocks— [...]
