Definition of Threading

1. Verb. (present participle of thread) ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Threading

1. thread [v] - See also: thread

Lexicographical Neighbors of Threading

threadbare
threadbareness
threaded
threaden
threader
threaders
threadfin
threadfins
threadfish
threadfishes
threadgoldite
threadier
threadiest
threadiness
threadinesses
threading
threadjacker
threadjackers
threadjacking
threadjackings
threadleaf groundsel
threadless
threadlike
threads
threadsafe
threadworm
threadworms
thready
thready pulse
threap

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 ..."

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