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Puncture :: Puncture (n.) A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin..

Take-up :: Take-up (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..

Haberdasher :: Haberdasher (n.) A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter..

Point :: Point (n.) Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below..

Pinus :: Pinus (n.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine..

Needle :: Needle (n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing..

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..

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

Needlefish :: Needlefish (n.) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish..

Aiguille :: Aiguille (n.) A needle-shaped peak.

Northness :: Northness (n.) A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north.

Aciculated :: Aciculated (a.) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.

Needlestone :: Needlestone (n.) Natrolite; -- called also needle zeolite.

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

Hornfish :: Hornfish (n.) The garfish or sea needle.

Aciculite :: Aciculite (n.) Needle ore.

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..

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

Needlewoman :: Needlewoman (n.) A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.

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..

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