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The state of being threadbare.

Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet. [Obs.] Shak.

A device for assisting in threading a needle.

Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.

having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.

Quality of being thready.

Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.

Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

A bullfighter.

To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Pope. The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go. Chaucer.

Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.

See Tread, n., 5.

One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10.

A cock. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.

A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.

A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.

Not read or perused; as, an unread book. Hooker.

The quality or state of being unready.

Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy. Dryden. Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast. Keble.