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noun

a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.

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Also called lisle.

Origin of lisle thread

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby lisle thread

Li Shih-min, Lisichansk, Lisieux, lisinopril, lisle, lisle thread, lisp, lis pendens, Lissajous figure, lisse, lissencephalia

How to use lisle thread in a sentence

They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.
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Redlich noted that this is another common thread in false confessions.
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Colfer's artistic callings share a common thread: they are deeply personal and rooted in a challenging childhood.
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There, he first picked up needle and thread to mend the shirt of an SS guard who had just beaten him.
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But it was the labyrinth for which the earlier economist held, so he thought, the thread.
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The organism is an actively motile spiral thread, about four times the diameter of a red corpuscle in length.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
I shall then give an account of my various excursions in an Appendix, and afterwards resume the thread of my journal.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
Its anterior portion is slender and thread-like, while the posterior portion is thicker (Fig. 112).
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Every hundred yards or so I had a close peep at the ground in front through de Lisle's periscope.
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