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.
Shut"tle (?), v. i. 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.
Shut"tle*cock` (?), n. A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be
struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
Shut"tle*cock, v. t. To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to
shuttlecock words. Thackeray.
Shut"tle*cork` (?), n. See Shuttlecock.
Shut"tle*wise` (?), adv. Back and forth, like the movement of a
shuttle.
Shwan"-pan (?), n. See Schwan- pan.
Shy (sh), a. [Compar. Shier (-r) or Shyer; superl. Shiest or Shyest.]
[OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sceóh; akin to Dan. sky, Sw. skygg, D.
schuw, MHG. schiech, G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid. Cf.
Eschew.] 1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up
to my very feet without starting.
Swift.