Threads In The Rich Grice Fabric

--- by JLS
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SORRY FOR THE EMPTY RHETORIC but I am considering variants for Grice's talk of strand. I read at:

http://www.yourdictionary.com/strand

strand, n. any one of the threads, fibers, wires, etc. that are twisted together to form a length of string, rope, or cable. Also: any of the individual bundles of thread or fiber so twisted together. Also: a ropelike length of anything a strand of pearls, a strand of hair. Also: any of the parts that are bound together to form a whole the strands of one's life. Etymology: ME stronde < ?".

I love Grice, but it strikes me as un-me, to use a word, "strand", if you are not sure about its etymology. When I use a word whose etymology I'm unknown I TREMBLE. It feels to me as if I'm not knowing what it means!