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That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

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  1. n. That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
  2. n. any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
  3. n. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
  4. That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
  5. That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in asewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises,in completing a stitch.
  6. n:100 n. any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom) n. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in