Now dial. Also 4 þede, 5–6 thede. [Etymology unascertained.] A brewer’s strainer; = TAP-HOSE: see quot. a. 1825.

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13[?].  E. E. Allit. P., B. 1717. Bifore þy borde hatz þou broȝt beuerage in þede.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 490/1. Thede, bruarys instrument, qualus.

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1530.  Palsgr., 280/1. Thede a brewars instrument.

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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.

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c. 1850.  Catalogue, in Leicester Gloss. (1881), Spiggot and thead. Ibid. (1881), Thead, a ‘tap-whisk.’

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