heddle

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Synonyms: meddle, huddle, peddle, feddle, hiddle, weddle, reddle, hoddle, headle

Antonyms: meddle, huddle, peddle, feddle, hiddle, weddle, reddle, hoddle, headle

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Noun

1. A component in a [[loom]], being one of a number of similar components, through the [[eye]] of each of which a distinct strand of the [[warp]] is threaded.
2. 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.

Verb

1. To [[thread]] each [[strand]] of the [[warp]] through the [[eye]] of a '''heddle'''.

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