aikinite
针硫铋铅矿
针硫铋铅矿
Needle \
Nee "
dle \ (
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d '
l ),
n . [
OE .
nedle ,
AS .
n [=
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dl ;
akin to D .
neald ,
OS .
n [=
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dla ,
G .
nadel ,
OHG .
n [=
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dal ,
n [=
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dala ,
Icel .
n [=
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l ,
Sw .
n [*
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l ,
Dan .
naal ,
and also to G .
n [
aum ]
hen to sew ,
OHG .
n [=
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jan ,
L .
nere to spin ,
Gr .
ne `
ein ,
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
In some needles (
as for sewing machines )
the eye is at the pointed end ,
but in ordinary needles it is at the blunt end .
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2 .
See {
Magnetic needle },
under {
Magnetic }.
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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 .
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4 . (
Bot .)
One of the needle -
shaped secondary leaves of pine trees .
See {
Pinus }.
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5 .
Any slender ,
pointed object ,
like a needle ,
as a pointed crystal ,
a sharp pinnacle of rock ,
an obelisk ,
etc .
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6 .
A hypodermic needle ;
a syringe fitted with a hypodermic needle ,
used for injecting fluids into the body .
[
Informal ]
[
PJC ]
7 .
An injection of medicine from a hypodermic needle ;
a shot .
[
PJC ]
{
Dipping needle }.
See under {
Dipping }.
{
Needle bar },
the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached .
{
Needle beam } (
Arch .),
in 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 . [
archaic ]
{
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 } (
Zool .),
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 } (
Zool .),
the garfish .
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1913 Webster ]
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