heddle

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heddle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heddle \Hed"dle\, n.; 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.
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  Heddle \Hed"dle\, v. t.
     To draw (the warp thread) through the heddle-eyes, in
     weaving.
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