shittle

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪtl̩/

Adjective

shittle (comparative more shittle, superlative most shittle)

1. (obsolete) Unsettled; uneasy; disturbed.

Noun

shittle (plural shittles)

1. (archaic) A shuttle (part of a loom).
   • 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volumes (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

     a curious web, whose yarn she threw in with a golden shittle

     The spelling has been modernized.

Anagrams

• Hittles, Lettish, Thistle, listeth, lithest, thistle