thead Now dial.
(θiːd)
Also 4 þede, 5–6 thede.
[Etymology unascertained.]
A brewer's strainer; = tap-hose: see quot. a 1825.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1717 Bifore þy borde hatz þou broȝt beuerage in þede. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 490/1 Thede, bruarys instrument, qualus. 1530 Palsgr. 280/1 Thede a brewars instrument. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Thead, the tall wicker strainer placed in the mash-tub over the hole in the bottom, that the wort may run off clear. c 1850 Catalogue in Leicester Gloss. (1881), Spiggot and thead. 1881 Ibid., Thead, a ‘tap-whisk’. |