Shuttle
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
(2): ( n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
(3): ( n.) 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.
(4): ( n.) 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.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Shuttle . Only Job 7:6 , where it is doubtful whether the reference is to the shuttle-rod of the loom or to the loom itself. The Heb. word has the latter meaning in its only other occurrence, Judges 16:14 . See Spinning and Weaving, §§ 3 and 4 ( b ).
King James Dictionary [3]
SHUT'TLE, n. from the root of shoot Ice. skutul. 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.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
The well-known weaver's implement which carries a thread, mentioned as early as Job 7:6; it is referred to as an emblem of swiftness.
