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Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..

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.

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..

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

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.

Shuttlecork :: Shuttlecork (n.) See Shuttlecock.

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..

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

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

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

Woof :: Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually 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..

Shuttlecock :: Shuttlecock (v. t.) To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom..

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..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal..

Shittlecock :: Shittlecock (n.) A shuttlecock.

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

Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..

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