| Harrison substituted inkle in 1587 for packthread in 1577, a curious flight backward for modern readers. |
| Boil different sorts of vegetables together, including half a peck of pens, and a cabbage blanched, cut in quarters, and tied with packthread. |
| On the night of the 22d of September a violent storm drove the Centurion from her anchorage, sundering her cables like packthread. |
| Cut open the sweet-breads and stuff them with it, fastening them afterwards with a skewer, or tying them round with packthread. |
| Fill them with the above mixture, and secure the ends by tying them with packthread or fine twine. |
| The barbed-wire obstructions before the German positions were cut like packthread. |
