Nooze
' heald ' without the metal disk, through which the end of the warp passes.
📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
' heald ' without the metal disk, through which the end of the warp passes. w.Yks. (S.A.B.) Cf. neese, sb.x
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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