loom picker

  • 1Picker — Pick er, n. [From {Pick}.] 1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. Pickers and stealers. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mach.) A machine for picking… …

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  • 2picker stick — noun Etymology: picker (II) : a lever that transmits the crank action of a loom motion into the thrust which drives the shuttle across the loom …

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  • 3picker — I. /ˈpɪkə/ (say pikuh) noun 1. someone or something that picks, as a person whose work is to pick fruit, flowers, etc. 2. Mining a person who picks out the low grade coal as it moves along a belt. 3. → picker up (def. 1). {pick1 (verb) + er1} II …

  • 4Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …

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  • 5Timeline of historic inventions — The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions. Note: Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same… …

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  • 6pick|er — pick|er1 «PIHK uhr», noun. 1. a person who gathers, picks, or collects: »an apple picker, a ragpicker. 2. a tool or machine for picking anything: »Mr. Alleman showed…the corn picker with which he can pick twenty acres of corn in a ten hour day… …

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  • 7landing pattern — Pattern Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. See {Patron}.] 1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. [1913… …

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  • 8Pattern — Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. See {Patron}.] 1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 9pattern box — Pattern Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. See {Patron}.] 1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. [1913… …

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  • 10Pattern card — Pattern Pat tern, n. [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. See {Patron}.] 1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. [1913… …

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