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Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle..

Lodestone :: Lodestone (n.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.

Stitchel :: Stitch (v. i.) To practice stitching, or needlework..

Needle-pointed :: Needle-pointed (a.) Pointed as needles.

Compensator :: Compensator (n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.

Ruck :: Ruck (v. t.) A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework..

Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments..

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc..

Butcher :: Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..

Needle :: Needle (n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc..

Thrid :: Thrid (v. t.) To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.

Sew :: Sew (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition..

Sampler :: Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker..

Point :: Point (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance..

Pith :: Pith (v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal..

Needlefuls :: needlefuls (pl. ) of needlefu.

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Battology :: Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.

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