Needle
['niːd(ə)l] or ['nidl]
Definition
(noun.) a sharp pointed implement (usually steel).
(noun.) a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument.
(verb.) goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; 'He needled her with his sarcastic remarks'.
(verb.) prick with a needle.
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Definition
(n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
(n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.
(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.
(n.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.
(n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
(v. t.) To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.
(v. i.) To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.
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Definition
n. a small sharp-pointed steel instrument with an eye for a thread—(Shak.) Neeld Neele: any slender pointed instrument like a needle as the magnet or movable bar of a compass or for knitting etching &c.: anything sharp and pointed like a pinnacle of rock &c.: an aciform crystal: a temporary support used by builders to sustain while repairing being a strong beam resting on props: the long narrow needle-like leaf of a pine-tree.—v.t. to form into a shape like a needle as crystals: to work with a needle.—v.i. to become of the shape of needles as crystals.—ns. Need′le-book a number of pieces of cloth leather &c. arranged like a book for holding needles; Need′le-case a case for holding needles; Need′le-fish a pipe-fish: a garfish or belonid; Need′leful as much thread as fills a needle; Need′le-gun a gun or rifle loaded at the breech the cartridge of which is exploded by the impact of a needle or spike at its base.—adjs. Need′le-point′ed pointed like a needle: without a barb as a fish-hook; Need′le-shaped shaped like a needle: applied to the long slender sharp-pointed leaves of pines firs and other trees.—ns. Need′le-tel′egraph a telegraph the receiver of which gives its messages by the deflections of a magnetic needle; Need′lewoman a woman who makes her living by her needle a seamstress; Need′lework work done with a needle: the business of a seamstress.—adj. Need′ly thorny.
Editor: Murdoch
Unserious Contents or Definition
To use a needle in your dream, is a warning of approaching affliction, in which you will suffer keenly the loss of sympathy, which is rightfully yours. To dream of threading a needle, denotes that you will be burdened with the care of others than your own household. To look for a needle, foretells useless worries. To find a needle, foretells that you will have friends who will appreciate you. To break one, signifies loneliness and poverty.
Typist: Nicholas
Examples
- Attach a closely wound coil to a sensitive galvanometer (Fig. 237); naturally there is no deflection of the galvanometer needle, because there is no current in the wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Obviously, as the cylinder was turned, the needle followed a spiral path whose pitch depended upon that of the feed screw. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The needle, in passing rapidly in contact with the recorded waves, was vibrated up and down, causing corresponding vibrations of the diaphragm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mademoiselle, like most Belgian ladies, was specially skilful with her needle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If you please I want to learn needle-work. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A needle and thread we don't know how to use. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Thus, if the two extreme needles were deflected inwards, one towards the left and the other towards the right, they would point to the letter _A_ at the top of the rhomb. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This was effected by having the twenty-six letters painted on a board, and concealed from view by a number of small paper screens, which were attached to magnetic needles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The rhomb was divided into thirty-six equal parts by ten cross lines, and the needles were placed at the points where the lines intersected, as shown in the diagram. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The Romans, for example, never had needles comparable to those of the Magdalenian epoch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He rubbed his elbows against the pine needles but it was not the same. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It consisted of five magnetic needles, ranged side by side on a horizontal line that formed the diameter of a rhomb. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This part, however, is very small in some, and very great in others, A master tailor requires no other instruments of trade but a parcel of needles. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Robert