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Sequoiene :: Sequoiene (n.) A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California big tree (Sequoia gigantea)..

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of 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..

Overanxious :: Overanxious (a.) Anxious in an excessive or needless degree.

Ditty-bag :: Ditty-bag (n.) A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife..

Aciculiform :: Aciculiform (a.) Needle-shaped; acicular.

Inclinatory :: Inclinatory (a.) Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle..

Battology :: Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.

Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps..

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Garfish :: Garfish (n.) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike..

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

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..

Needlefish :: Needlefish (n.) The garfish.

Needle-pointed :: Needle-pointed (a.) Pointed as needles.

Tautology :: Tautology (n.) A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison..

Hemmer :: Hemmer (n.) One who, or that which, hems with a needle..

Scholastic :: Scholastic (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal..

Touch-needle :: Touch-needle (n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone..

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

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