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slovo definícia shuttle (encz) shuttle,kyvadlová doprava Zdeněk Brož shuttle (encz) shuttle,pendlovat v: Zdeněk Brož Shuttle (gcide) Shuttle \Shut"tle\, v. i. To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle. [1913 Webster] I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the big Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] Shuttle (gcide) Shuttle \Shut"tle\, n. [Also shittle, OE. schitel, scytyl, schetyl; cf. OE. schitel a bolt of a door, AS. scyttes; all from AS. sce['o]tan to shoot; akin to Dan. skyttel, skytte, shuttle, dial. Sw. skyttel, sk["o]ttel. [root]159. See Shoot, and cf. Shittle, Skittles.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide My feathered hours. --Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. [R.] [1913 Webster] Shuttle box (Weaving), a case at the end of a shuttle race, to receive the shuttle after it has passed the thread of the warp; also, one of a set of compartments containing shuttles with different colored threads, which are passed back and forth in a certain order, according to the pattern of the cloth woven. Shutten race, a sort of shelf in a loom, beneath the warp, along which the shuttle passes; a channel or guide along which the shuttle passes in a sewing machine. Shuttle shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or Radius, having a smooth, spindle-shaped shell prolonged into a channel at each end. [1913 Webster] shuttle (wn) shuttle n 1: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] 2: public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points 3: bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads v 1: travel back and forth between two points

podobné slovo definícia shuttle (encz) shuttle,kyvadlová doprava Zdeněk Brožshuttle,pendlovat v: Zdeněk Brož shuttle bus (encz) shuttle bus, n: shuttle diplomacy (encz) shuttle diplomacy, n: shuttle helicopter (encz) shuttle helicopter, n: shuttle trade (encz) shuttle trade, shuttlecock (encz) shuttlecock,badmintonový míček Zdeněk Brož shuttlecock fern (encz) shuttlecock fern, n: shuttled (encz) shuttled, space shuttle (encz) space shuttle,raketoplán n: IvČa Asarum shuttleworthii (gcide) heartleaf \heartleaf\ n. (Bot.) 1. wild ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii) having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Western Virginia to Alabama. Syn: Asarum shuttleworthii. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Bot.) An evergreen low-growing perennial ({Asarum virginicum}) having mottled green and silvery-gray heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Virginia to South Carolina. Syn: Asarum virginicum. [WordNet 1.5] Shuttle box (gcide) Shuttle \Shut"tle\, n. [Also shittle, OE. schitel, scytyl, schetyl; cf. OE. schitel a bolt of a door, AS. scyttes; all from AS. sce['o]tan to shoot; akin to Dan. skyttel, skytte, shuttle, dial. Sw. skyttel, sk["o]ttel. [root]159. See Shoot, and cf. Shittle, Skittles.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide My feathered hours. --Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. [R.] [1913 Webster] Shuttle box (Weaving), a case at the end of a shuttle race, to receive the shuttle after it has passed the thread of the warp; also, one of a set of compartments containing shuttles with different colored threads, which are passed back and forth in a certain order, according to the pattern of the cloth woven. Shutten race, a sort of shelf in a loom, beneath the warp, along which the shuttle passes; a channel or guide along which the shuttle passes in a sewing machine. Shuttle shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or Radius, having a smooth, spindle-shaped shell prolonged into a channel at each end. [1913 Webster] shuttle race (gcide) Lay \Lay\, n. 1. That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood. --Addison. [1913 Webster] A viol should have a lay of wire strings below. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Note: The lay of a rope is right-handed or left-handed according to the hemp or strands are laid up. See Lay, v. t., 16. The lay of land is its topographical situation, esp. its slope and its surface features. [1913 Webster] 2. A wager. "My fortunes against any lay worth naming." [1913 Webster] 3. (a) A job, price, or profit. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. (b) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] 4. (Textile Manuf.) (a) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a) . (b) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3. [1913 Webster] 5. A plan; a scheme. [Slang] --Dickens. [1913 Webster] Lay figure. (a) A jointed model of the human body that may be put in any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of drapery, etc. (b) A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without independent volition. Lay race, that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels in weaving; -- called also shuttle race. the lay of the land, the general situation or state of affairs. to get the lay of the land, to learn the general situation or state of affairs, especially in preparation for action. [1913 Webster] Shuttle shell (gcide) Shuttle \Shut"tle\, n. [Also shittle, OE. schitel, scytyl, schetyl; cf. OE. schitel a bolt of a door, AS. scyttes; all from AS. sce['o]tan to shoot; akin to Dan. skyttel, skytte, shuttle, dial. Sw. skyttel, sk["o]ttel. [root]159. See Shoot, and cf. Shittle, Skittles.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide My feathered hours. --Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. [R.] [1913 Webster] Shuttle box (Weaving), a case at the end of a shuttle race, to receive the shuttle after it has passed the thread of the warp; also, one of a set of compartments containing shuttles with different colored threads, which are passed back and forth in a certain order, according to the pattern of the cloth woven. Shutten race, a sort of shelf in a loom, beneath the warp, along which the shuttle passes; a channel or guide along which the shuttle passes in a sewing machine. Shuttle shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or Radius, having a smooth, spindle-shaped shell prolonged into a channel at each end. [1913 Webster] Shuttlecock (gcide) Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock`\, n. A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself. [1913 Webster]Shuttlecock \Shut"tle*cock\, v. t. To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Shuttlecork (gcide) Shuttlecork \Shut"tle*cork`\, n. See Shuttlecock. [1913 Webster] Shuttlewise (gcide) Shuttlewise \Shut"tle*wise`\, adv. Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle. [1913 Webster] space shuttle (gcide) space shuttle \space" shut`tle\, n. a reusable vehicle that can carry people or objects into orbit around the earth and return to be used again for subsequent trips; -- distinguished from rockets that are used only once. The present (1997) American space shuttle is a manned vehicle, having an external fuel tank that is expendable and not re-used. [PJC] Tatting shuttle (gcide) Tatting \Tat"ting\, n. A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch. [1913 Webster] Tatting shuttle, the shuttle on which the thread used in tatting is wound. [1913 Webster]