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Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

Weft :: Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..

Shuttlewise :: Shuttlewise (adv.) Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle..

Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..

Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..

Race :: Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

Shuttlecork :: Shuttlecork (n.) See Shuttlecock.

Shittle :: Shittle (n.) A shuttle.

Weaving :: Weaving (n.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle..

Badminton :: Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks..

Quill :: Quill (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle..

Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..

Shittlecock :: Shittlecock (n.) A shuttlecock.

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Harness :: Harness (n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle..

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle..

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