Word Meanings - UNTREAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To tread back; to retrace. Shak.

TREADBOARD
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TREADFOWL
A cock. Chaucer.
TREADMILL
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.
TREAD
tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro, Sw. tråda, träda, Dan. træde, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope. Fools rush in where
TREADLE
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. (more info) 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
RETRACE
1. To trace back, as a line. Then if the line of Turnus you retrace, He springs from Inachus of Argive race. Driden. 2. To go back, in or over ; to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
TREADWHEEL
A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.
TREAD-SOFTLY
Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
TREADER
One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10.
OVERTREAD
To tread over or upon.
RETREAD
To tread again.
MISTREADING
Misstep; misbehavior. "To punish my mistreadings." Shak.
UNTREAD
To tread back; to retrace. Shak.
IRRETRACEABLE
Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable.
FORTREAD
To tread down; to trample upon. In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer.