Obs. [f. TWINE sb.1 + THREAD sb. Cf. Flem. twijndraad (in Kilian tweyndraed).] A twisted or double-spun thread; also collectively, cord, twine.

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1530.  Palsgr., 283/2. Twynethrede, fil reteurs.

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1560.  Daus, trans. Sleidane’s Comm., 63 b. A sworde dependynge ouer your neckes by a twhyne threde.

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1607.  Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1658), 488. A twine thread will not hold stretching in the presence (I mean in comparison) of a silk thread.

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1654.  Fuller, Comm. Ruth (1868), 169. I have seen the twine-thread of a cordial friend hold.

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1706.  E. Ward, Wooden World Diss. (1708), 76. The Boatswain…. His Bamboo,… tip’d with simple Twine-thread.

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