3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. [R.] Shuttle box (Weaving), a case at the end of a shuttle race, to receive the shuttle after it has passed the thread of the warp; also, one of a set of compartments containing shuttles with different colored threads, which are passed back and forth in a certain order, according to the pattern of the cloth woven. — Shutten race, a sort of shelf in a loom, beneath the warp, along which the shuttle passes; a channel or guide along which the shuttle passes in a sewing machine. — Shuttle shell (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or Radius, having a smooth, spindle- shaped shell prolonged into a channel at each end.
SHUTTLE
Shut"tle, v. i.
Defn: To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle. I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the big Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be. Carlyle.
SHUTTLECOCK
Shut"tle*cock`, n.
Defn: A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
SHUTTLECOCK
Shut"tle*cock, v. t.
Defn: To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.
Thackeray.
SHUTTLECORK
Shut"tle*cork`, n.
Defn: See Shuttlecock.
SHUTTLEWISE
Shut"tle*wise`, adv.