Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12724 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

threedthread

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 616 times in 322 works
Consistency: 93.6% (616 of 658)
Reach if approved: ~691 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thread
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 658 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (616 changes in 322 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 616)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vtterly cast of Christ? one that holdeth not so much as by a slender threedthread? No, I wil not be afraid to saie vnto a Pope or Cardinall in …
With rule
… vtterly cast of Christ? one that holdeth not so much as by a slender threedthread? No, I wil not be afraid to saie vnto a Pope or Cardinall in …
Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euen as the needle by pricking and peircing the cloath makes way for the threedthread to follow, by which they are knit to Chriſt their head; but the wicked …
With rule
… euen as the needle by pricking and peircing the cloath makes way for the threedthread to follow, by which they are knit to Chriſt their head; but the wicked …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The dayes of man are ſhort; our life is cut off as a weauers threedthread, death commeth as a theefe, and euery mans workes follow him. Whilſt ye haue …
With rule
… The dayes of man are ſhort; our life is cut off as a weauers threedthread, death commeth as a theefe, and euery mans workes follow him. Whilſt ye haue …
John Mayer · A Pattern for Women · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the heauens turnes one bout euery day, and windes vp somewhat of the threedthread of our life: whether we sleepe or wake, we are alwaies comming nearer our …
With rule
… of the heauens turnes one bout euery day, and windes vp somewhat of the threedthread of our life: whether we sleepe or wake, we are alwaies comming nearer our …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 754 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my infancy and childhoode, and drawe it foorth as in a continuall and euen threedthread vnto this preſent time, what part of my age hath not beene honored with …
With rule
… my infancy and childhoode, and drawe it foorth as in a continuall and euen threedthread vnto this preſent time, what part of my age hath not beene honored with …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · Open in the reader
Printed
… for it, as the needle sowes not the cloth but makes way for the threedthread.
With rule
… for it, as the needle sowes not the cloth but makes way for the threedthread.
John Rogers · The Doctrine of Faith · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fond hopes on life, so weak a threedthread, depending!
With rule
Fond hopes on life, so weak a threedthread, depending!
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… entreth, once taketh up his abode, death doth enſue and follow after, as the threedthread followeth the needle, as Ruth followed Naomi, as Ionathans Armour-bearer ſaid to him …
With rule
… entreth, once taketh up his abode, death doth enſue and follow after, as the threedthread followeth the needle, as Ruth followed Naomi, as Ionathans Armour-bearer ſaid to him …
Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (42)

23 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 are listed here. 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

Printed
… with new Ropes; but onely with a Rush, or a Haire, or a twine ThreedThread of coldnesse.
With rule
… with new Ropes; but onely with a Rush, or a Haire, or a twine ThreedThread of coldnesse.
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 27 · Open in the reader

A Childs Patrimony A15695

Printed
… and ſixe dayes they were compaſſing the Citie. Time enough to hang out the ThreedThread, when ſhe heard, That the Trumpets blew, and, becauſe they were but ram's hornes …
With rule
… and ſixe dayes they were compaſſing the Citie. Time enough to hang out the ThreedThread, when ſhe heard, That the Trumpets blew, and, becauſe they were but ram's hornes …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
ThreedThread.
With rule
ThreedThread.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
Who they be whose life hangeth most of all by a ThreedThread.
With rule
Who they be whose life hangeth most of all by a ThreedThread.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

The Weavers Pocket-Book A33985

Printed
… Silk Raw; his Wool, his Cotton, Hair, Hemp, Flax; or buyeth his Yarn, or ThreedThread made of all or any of theſe; Some of which he Scowreth, he mixeth …
With rule
… Silk Raw; his Wool, his Cotton, Hair, Hemp, Flax; or buyeth his Yarn, or ThreedThread made of all or any of theſe; Some of which he Scowreth, he mixeth …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
4. The Shuttle every time it paſſeth from Hand to Hand, leaveth a ThreedThread behind i…, Good or Bad; thus doth every Action of a Chriſtian's Life. All …
With rule
4. The Shuttle every time it paſſeth from Hand to Hand, leaveth a ThreedThread behind i…, Good or Bad; thus doth every Action of a Chriſtian's Life. All …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Fleſh. Man hath an imperfect Eye. A Maſter may over-look many an ill ThreedThread in a Piece of Stuff; But the Eye of GOD is Acute and Perfect …
With rule
… Fleſh. Man hath an imperfect Eye. A Maſter may over-look many an ill ThreedThread in a Piece of Stuff; But the Eye of GOD is Acute and Perfect …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Weaver in Weaving ſometimes finds a ThreedThread defective in the Warp, moſtly through the negligence, or other infirmity of him that …
With rule
The Weaver in Weaving ſometimes finds a ThreedThread defective in the Warp, moſtly through the negligence, or other infirmity of him that …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Warp on, …e not diſcerning the breach of the ThreedThread. Sometimes alſo a ThreedThread breaketh in the Striking; if it happeneth in the former, the Weaver Supplieth it …
With rule
… the Warp on, …e not diſcerning the breach of the ThreedThread. Sometimes alſo a ThreedThread breaketh in the Striking; if it happeneth in the former, the Weaver Supplieth it …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 74 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 4-7 A35438

Printed
If this diſcovery adminiſter any help, as a ThreedThread to lead your meditations, through the many ſecret turnings, and intricacies of this diſpute …
With rule
If this diſcovery adminiſter any help, as a ThreedThread to lead your meditations, through the many ſecret turnings, and intricacies of this diſpute …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

Printed
… Scriptures of Truth. As for the Schoole-men they bring forth Cobwebs, fine for ThreedThread, but of no use. They torture their Reader with abundance of vermiculate, rotten, hollow …
With rule
… Scriptures of Truth. As for the Schoole-men they bring forth Cobwebs, fine for ThreedThread, but of no use. They torture their Reader with abundance of vermiculate, rotten, hollow …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 259 · Open in the reader

Christian Geography and Arithmetic A45530

Printed
Reaſon 1. Becauſe our Breath is in our Noſtrils, our Lives hang by a ſmall ThreedThread, how ſoon are our Countenances changed, and we ſent away? how many that have …
With rule
Reaſon 1. Becauſe our Breath is in our Noſtrils, our Lives hang by a ſmall ThreedThread, how ſoon are our Countenances changed, and we ſent away? how many that have …
Thomas Hardcastle · Christian Geography and Arithmetic · p. 8 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… This followed the firſt Miſchief, as the Effect doth the Cauſe, and as the ThreedThread doth the Needle. In the firſt is held forth the heinous ſin, to wit …
With rule
… This followed the firſt Miſchief, as the Effect doth the Cauſe, and as the ThreedThread doth the Needle. In the firſt is held forth the heinous ſin, to wit …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 313 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
ThreedThread]
With rule
ThreedThread]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 655 · Open in the reader

Of the Childs Portion A67002

Printed
… and ſixe dayes they were compaſſing the Citie. Time enough to hang out the ThreedThread, when ſhe heard, That the Trumpets blew, and, becauſe they were but ram's hornes …
With rule
… and ſixe dayes they were compaſſing the Citie. Time enough to hang out the ThreedThread, when ſhe heard, That the Trumpets blew, and, becauſe they were but ram's hornes …
Hezekiah Woodward · Of the Childs Portion · Open in the reader

A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion A67005

Printed
… and ſixe dayes they were compaſſing the Citie. Time enough to hang out the ThreedThread, when ſhe heard, That the Trumpets blew, and, becauſe they were but ram's hornes …
With rule
… and ſixe dayes they were compaſſing the Citie. Time enough to hang out the ThreedThread, when ſhe heard, That the Trumpets blew, and, becauſe they were but ram's hornes …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · Open in the reader