Definition of needle

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Needle (n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting..

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Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Blunt :: Blunt (n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Sew :: Sew (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract..
Supervened :: Supervacaneous (a.) Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless.
Brog :: Brog (n.) A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick..
Needle :: Needle (n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic..
Reclination :: Reclination (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one..
Needle :: Needle (v. i.) To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.
Haberdasher :: Haberdasher (n.) A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter..
Obelus :: Obelus (n.) A mark [thus /, or � ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings..
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread..
Needle :: Needle (v. t.) To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals..
Devil's Darning-needle :: Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t..
Thrid :: Thrid (v. t.) To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.
Thread :: Thread (v. t.) To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle..
Needlebook :: Needlebook (n.) A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck..
Point :: Point (n.) Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below..
Darn :: Darn (v. t.) To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread..
Work :: Work (v. t.) To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin..
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