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| filling |
the threads of a fabric that have been woven horizontally by the movement of the shuttle. [1/4 definitions] |
| shuttle |
to move or cause to move back and forth repeatedly by, or as if by, a shuttle. [3/7 definitions] |
| shuttlecock |
a small roundish piece of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers or plastic vanes, used in certain net games such as badminton; shuttle. |
| shuttleless |
combined form of shuttle. |
| tat |
to make looped and knotted lace with a small hand shuttle. |
| tatting |
lace made by knotting and looping a strand of heavy gauge cotton or linen thread on a small hand shuttle, often used as trimming. [1/2 definitions] |
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