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single thread noun computing the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption Liberaldictionary.com
Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Examples from the Web for single thread Historical Examples of single thread
On the single-thread machine, one must stitch on the right side always.
Helen Kinne
The chain stitch when perfectly done should look like the stitch made by a single-thread machine.
Kate Heintz Watson
It could no more open its mouth without twitching its tail, than a single-thread Jack could bow its head without lifting its legs.
W. E. Webb
References to the Watson single-thread machine occur as late as 1860, but no examples are known to have survived.
The Invention of the Sewing Machine
Grace Rogers Cooper
