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Needle

noun

The leaf of a conifer. Synonym: acerate leaf.

A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument.

A sharp pointed implement (usually steel).

A stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record. Synonym: phonograph needle.

verb

Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism. Synonym: goad.

Prick with a needle.

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"Needle" Quotes from Famous Books

... be cold here, and I only await the results of my inquiries about possible houses at Thebes to hire a boat and depart. Yesterday I saw a camel go through the eye of a needle—i.e., the low arched door of an enclosure; he must kneel and bow his head to creep through—and thus the rich man must humble himself. See how a false translation spoils a good metaphor, and turns ...

— Letters from Egypt • Lucie Duff Gordon

... down her darning needle and clapped her hands with delight. Clifford gazed at her admiringly, thinking that he had the prettiest sister in the world—she was so bright, so eager, ...

— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... cakes, which saved Alice a good deal of time and trouble in watching them. It was astonishing how much the children could do, now that there was no one to do it for them; and they had daily instruction from Jacob. In the evening Alice sat down with her needle and thread to mend the clothes; at first they were not very well done, but she improved every day. Edith and Humphrey learned to read while Alice worked, and then Alice learned; and thus passed the winter away so rapidly, that, although they had been five months at the ...

— The Children of the New Forest • Captain Marryat

... and Morning, one of four lines, the other of twelve, we have, besides the picture, two moments which sum up a lifetime, and "on how fine a needle's point that little world of ...

— An Introduction to the Study of Browning • Arthur Symons

... happy to announce that I have passed the pons asinorum of Bar Exam with facility of a needle penetrating the camel's eye. Tant mieux! ...

— Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. • F. Anstey

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