Meaning of threadful | Babel Free

Definitions

The amount that a thread will hold.

Examples

“Alas, my friend ! the Fates here spun thy threadful ! Sure, never yet was heard a case so dreadful.”

“"When these beads are worn out ... so that they cannot be strung neatly and evenly on the thread, they no longer consider⟳ them as good. Their way of trying them is to rub the whole threadful on their noses; if they find⟳ it full and even, like⟳ glass beads, then they are considered good, otherwise they break⟳ and throw⟳ them away.”

“The bottom of the thread is tapered so that, after the screw has "taken its bite⟳," the volume increases as the threadful advances, and the flow⟳ to the pipe is free and easy in consequence.”

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