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Sew :: Sew (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Compensator :: Compensator (n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.

Canvas :: Canvas (n.) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work..

Privation :: Privation (n.) The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations..

Stitching :: Stitchery (n.) Needlework; -- in contempt.

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side..

Point :: Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer..

Superoccipital :: Supernumerary (n.) A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle..

Palm :: Palm (n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc..

Insufficient :: Insufficient (a.) Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality..

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc..

Fineness :: Fineness (a.) Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade..

Inkneed :: Inkneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held..

Galvanocautery :: Galvanocautery (n.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

Sneed :: Sneed (n.) See Snath.

Self-sufficing :: Self-sufficing (a.) Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient..

Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc..

Corona :: Corona (n.) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle..

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