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The warp threads of a web. Knight. Chain belt (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. -- Chain boat, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. -- Chain bolt (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chai…

A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.

Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.

To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.

To direct; to guide, as by a thread. [Obs.] Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. Beau. && Fl.

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself. Untwisting his deceitful clew. Spenser.

lor. Body cloth. See under Body. -- Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold. -- Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. -- Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used…

A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew. You have wound a goodly clue. Shak. This clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope. Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge. Locke.

ial or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

fish (Zoöl.), a marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.

. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl. Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobwed are substituted for wires.

An oblong case in which the silkworn lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

A cop of thread.

Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.

A short coat of coarse cloth. [Obs.] Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.

o shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. -- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.