Anagrams of: TREADLINGS

• remove salt from

• a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

• Dangling; tending to dangle.

• A cable, cord, or rope used to drag an object; specifically, the line of a dragline excavator that drags the bucket.

• Short for dragline excavator.

• a lever that is operated with the foot

• tread over

• operate (machinery) by a treadle

• social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

• mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

• the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

• a step in walking or running

• the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

• the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

• structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• tread or stomp heavily or roughly

• crush as if by treading on

• brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

• apply (the tread) to a tire

• mate with (used of male birds)