The Clue
Machine worked in "Norma Rae" (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LOOM
Tags
Notes
The answer LOOM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
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Appear
Impend
Tower
Apparatus with pedals
Appear ahead
Appear on the horizon
Appear indistinctly
Appear ominously
Art of weaving
The art of weaving
Be on the horizon
Emerge, as a menace
Hang over
Heddle's place
Machine with a shuttle
Machine for weaving
Oar part
Rugmaking apparatus
Shaft of an oar
Shuttle site
Tapestry device
Weaver's apparatus
Weaver's gear
Weaving apparatus
Weaving machine
Wool gatherer?
Come into sight
Come into view
Seem forthcoming
It generates material
Place for a warp and a heddle
Puritan home fixture
Tapestry-making device
Warp-and-weft machine
Where to see a heddle
Hang over one's head
1785 invention of England's Edmund Cartwright
Edmund Cartwright's power invention, 1785
Definition
LOOM as a noun:
1. a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
LOOM as a verb:
1. come into view indistinctly, often threateningly; "Another air plane loomed into the sky"
2. (loom, tower, predominate, hulk) = appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"
3. (brood, hover, loom, bulk large) = hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"