Packthread

Lay an Old Feild-_Partridge_ in a Hole, covered with something, and fasten to it a small _Creance_ (_i.e. _ a Fine small long Line of strong and even-wound Packthread fastned to the _Hawks_ Leash when first Lured,) and uncoupling your ranging _Spaniels_, pluck off the Covering of the

The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing Robert Howlett

Here you are: Packthread, Pastime, Pin -- there's a lot about Pin -- Plash.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917 Various

Young Wyndham Fowler repaid her in his holidays by calling her 'Gatepost,' 'Postey,' or 'Packthread,' by thumping her between her narrow shoulders, or by chasing her bleating, round the garden, her large mouth open, her large nose high in air, at a stiff-necked shamble very like a camel's.

A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

London; when his greeting had changed from 'Hullo, Postey, you old beast,' to Mornin ', Packthread,' there came a war which, unlike all wars that Mary could remember, did not stay decently outside England and in the newspapers, but intruded on the lives of people whom she knew.

A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

Packthread also was master of every means by which the influence of opposing parties might be broken.

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II 1856

Packthread cordially assented, and continued to the same purpose in a strain so edifying as entirely to exhaust the subject; and Dr. Calker, who was thinking of the business that was before them, giving an uneasy motion here, they immediately united in the devotional exercises, which were led with great fervor by Dr. Cushing.

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II 1856

The Doctor is a very pleasant old man, a great genius for agriculture, one that ties his breeches-knees with Packthread, & boasts of having had disappointments from ministers.

The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805

[8] The _Mahot_ is a Shrub, whose Leaves are round and feel soft like those of _Guimauve_; its Bark easily comes off, which they divide into long Slangs, which serves for Packthread and Cords to the Inhabitants and Natives.

The Natural History of Chocolate Being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-Tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Vertues of its Fruit D. Qu��lus 1742

Then tie the Ends, that were cut off close, with Packthread, and stew them in Water and Salt till they are tender; then drain them and flour them, and fry them brown in Hogs-Lard very hot, and let them drain; then take off the

The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710

Screw-like manner, till you have closed your Collar from top to bottom as tight as can be; observing to bind the top and bottom in an extraordinary manner with strong Packthread.

The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710