| On the night of the 22d of September a violent storm drove the Centurion from her anchorage, sundering her cables like packthread. |
| Harrison substituted inkle in 1587 for packthread in 1577, a curious flight backward for modern readers. |
| Fill them with the above mixture, and secure the ends by tying them with packthread or fine twine. |
| Well, Sir, that imp there winds her round her finger like a piece of packthread. |
| The inkle was a favourite pedlar-sold tape of the day, probably more at hand and more to the purpose than packthread. |
| Cut open the sweet-breads and stuff them with it, fastening them afterwards with a skewer, or tying them round with packthread. |
