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noun
- One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
- One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
noun
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.
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The seamstress threaded the to sew on a button.
- A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
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The on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
- A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
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Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.
- The long, pointed leaves of some conifers.
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I boiled some of the needles from the Christmas tree to add a pleasing scent to the air.
- A weapon used in ancient China, and today by Shaolin monks.
verb ( needl, ing)
- (transitive) To tease; to poke fun at.
- Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
noun
- A pillar around which a stair spirals.
- A novelty; a new thing.
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1882: w:Edmund Spenser, Edmund Spenser (Alexander Balloch Grosart, editor, ed) The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser
- :He was so enamoured with the .
noun
- A sturdy supporting post at one end or at a turning point of a staircase banister railing, often topped with a decorative finial. Compare baluster.
noun
- A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
- One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
- (Shipbuilding) A treenail to fasten the shores.
- Short for noggin.
- Short for eggnog.
noun
- A horizontal beam used in the construction of a building, especially to strengthen upright posts
- Rough brick masonry used to fill open spaces
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