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A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end,
with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. |
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See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. |
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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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One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees.
See Pinus. |
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Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed
crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. |
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To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle
crystals. |
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To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles. |