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Webster 1913 Edition


Heddle

Hed′dle

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Noun.
;
pl.
Heddles
(#)
.
[Cf.
Heald
.]
(Weaving)
One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.

Hed′dle

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Verb.
T.
To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in weaving.