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Needlebook :: Needlebook (n.) A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck..

Needle :: Needle (n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic..

Embroider :: Embroider (v. t.) To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf..

Keratonyxis :: Keratonyxis (n.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass..

Sharp :: Sharp (n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps..

Sea Needle :: Sea needle () See Garfish (a).

Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone..

Needleful :: needleful (n.) As much thread as is used in a needle at one time.

Needless :: Needless (a.) Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless.

Ditty-box :: Ditty-box (n.) A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc..

Point :: Point (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick..

Work :: Work (n.) Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery..

Obelus :: Obelus (n.) A mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings..

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..

Magnetize :: Magnetize (v. t.) To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle..

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

Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition..

Aclinic :: Aclinic (a.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator..

Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..

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

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