2. Noun. An ancient Eastern method for removing hair by means of a thread, which is rolled over the hair in order to pluck it out at the follicle level. ¹
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Definition of Threading
1. thread [v] - See also: thread
Lexicographical Neighbors of Threading
Literary usage of Threading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"CORRECT PIPE Threading PRINCIPLES' Certain fundamental principles govern the
results obtained in threading pipe which should interest and do concern ..."
2. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"Failure to study the fundamental principles of pipe threading sometimes results
in placing the blame for poor threads on the material in the pipe, ..."
3. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1915)
"For method of finding inclination of thread, see Square Threading Tool, pp. ...
For 5 pitch or coarser, rough with Square threading tool .01" narrower than ..."
4. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"REAMING FEEDS AND SPEEDS With high speed reamers the above speeds may be increased
about 20 per cent Threading, Counterboring, Etc. Table 8 explains itself ..."
5. Official Proceedings (1919)
"REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON "The Proper Method of Threading Radial Stays and ...
This is due to a slight variation in taps, and threading machines and the ..."
6. Thread-cutting Methods: A Treatise on the Operation and Use of Various Tools by Franklin Day Jones (1918)
"Most threading machines are of horizontal design, although some of the more ...
The term " bolt cutter " is very generally applied to threading machines of ..."
7. Machine Tool Operation by Henry D. Burghardt (1919)
"The Threading Die.—A die is a tool for cutting external threads. In general the
threading die is so arranged as to permit the cutting edges of four cutters ..."