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shuttle

Meaning of “shuttle”

A weaver's tool that carries thread back and forth through the warp.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 7:6

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The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 7:6 · retained source text

My dayes are swifter then a weauers shuttle, and are spent without hope.

1611 marginal noteIob 16.22. psal. 90.6 and 102.11 and 103.15. and 144.4. isa. 40.6. iam. 4.14.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

An instrument used by weavers for shooting the thread of the woof in weaving from one side of the cloth to the other, between the threads of the warp.

volume 2, leaf 592, column 2 (main_dictionary)