Shading of textile fabrics by the weave,[118]
---- Rules for,[119]
Shed, the separation of the warp to allow the shuttle to pass through.
Shot-about, the alternate exchange (filling ways) of figure up and ground up in two-ply ingrain carpet,[72], [117]
Shuttles are the means for carrying the filling into and through the shed.
Shuttle-box Mechanism, for carpet hand-looms,[80]
Shuttle-raceway, the part of the lay on which the shuttle travels to and fro.
Silk consists of the pale yellow, buff colored, or white fibre, which the silk worm spins around about itself when entering the pupa or chrysalis state. Spun Silks are calculated as to size of the thread on the same basis as cotton. The adopted custom of specifying the size of raw silk is by giving the weight of 1000 yards in drams, avoirdupois.
Single Cloth, selection of designing paper,[105]
Single-lift Jacquard Machine. By it warp-threads, as called for, according to the Jacquard cards, are raised and lowered each pick.