In Paisley (85 000 people) the industry is kept going by specialising in making sewing thread.

Mainly it is made my white pearls and white thread and is known to be holy.

Doubling frames twisted two or more single spun thread together to make thicker and stronger thread.

You will be making thread - do you understand?

At the age of 21, when he married, he was making gold thread and also worked as a ship's carpenter.

She found she could make good thread of them, and when Burchard came by again, she showed him her shift.

It could be that your own uneasiness and fears made a path or thread of communication between you and this 'presence.'

By 1857, they had converted the operation to making thread.

Such polymers are used to make thread for absorbable stitches, among other medical uses.

They appeared in the garden right after she got pregnant, along with tough spider webs that make splendid thread.