Sentence:  He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like <WSD>threads</WSD> of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.