Definition of Nedle
Nee"dle (?), n. [OE. nedle, AS.
n&?;dl; akin to D. neald, OS. nādla, G.
nadel, OHG. nādal, nādala, Icel.
nāl, Sw. nål, Dan. naal, and also to
G. nähen to sew, OHG. nājan, L. nere
to spin, Gr. &?;, and perh. to E. snare: cf. Gael. & Ir.
snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G. schnur
string, cord.] 1. A small instrument of steel,
sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used
in sewing. Chaucer.
&fist; In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at the
pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the blunt end.
2. See Magnetic needle, under
Magnetic.
3. 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.
4. (Bot.) One of the needle-shaped
secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.
5. Any slender, pointed object, like a
needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk,
etc.
Dipping needle. See under
Dipping. -- Needle bar, the
reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is
attached. -- Needle beam (Arch.),
to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the
wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a
building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part.
-- Needle furze (Bot.), a prickly
leguminous plant of Western Europe; the petty whin (Genista
Anglica). -- Needle gun, a firearm
loaded at the breech with a cartridge carrying its own fulminate,
which is exploded by driving a slender needle, or pin, into it.
-- Needle loom (Weaving), a loom in
which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye-
pointed needle instead of by a shuttle. -- Needle
ore (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of
bismuth, lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called
also aikinite. -- Needle shell
(Zoöl.), a sea urchin. -- Needle
spar (Min.), aragonite. -- Needle
telegraph, a telegraph in which the signals are given
by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right or to the left
of a certain position. -- Sea needle
(Zoöl.), the garfish.
Nee"dle, v. t. To form in the
shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.
Nee"dle, v. i. To form needles; to
crystallize in the form of needles.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A thin, sharp implement for sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing
- A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial.(needle of a compass)
- A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- The long, pointed leaves of some conifers
- A weapon used in ancient China, and today by Shaolin monks
- To tease.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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