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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A boy who helps a weaver in drawing the heddles to form the pattern of the cloth he is weaving; hence, a mechanical device employed for this purpose.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Weaving) A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun weaving A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom.
  • noun A part of power loom that performs the same office.

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