slovodefinícia
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.
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I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the big
Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be.
--Carlyle.
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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.
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Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide
My feathered hours. --Sandys.
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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.
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3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. [R.]
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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.
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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
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(encz)		shuttle diplomacy, n:
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(encz)		shuttle helicopter, n:
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(encz)		shuttle trade,
shuttlecock
(encz)		shuttlecock,badmintonový míček Zdeněk Brož
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(encz)		shuttlecock fern, n:
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(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
(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 \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.
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Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide
My feathered hours. --Sandys.
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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.
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3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. [R.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. [R.]
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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.
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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.
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A viol should have a lay of wire strings below.
--Bacon.
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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.
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2. A wager. "My fortunes against any lay worth naming."
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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.]
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4. (Textile Manuf.)
(a) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea
(a) .
(b) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
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5. A plan; a scheme. [Slang] --Dickens.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Shuttlecork
(gcide)		Shuttlecork \Shut"tle*cork`\, n.
See Shuttlecock.
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Shuttlewise
(gcide)		Shuttlewise \Shut"tle*wise`\, adv.
Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.
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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.
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Tatting shuttle, the shuttle on which the thread used in
tatting is wound.
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