n. | 1. | A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, - used in sewing. |
| 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. |
| 6. | A hypodermic needle; a syringe fitted with a hypodermic needle, used for injecting fluids into the body. |
| 7. | An injection of medicine from a hypodermic needle; a shot. |
v. t. | 1. | To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals. |
| 2. | To tease (a person), especially repeatedly. |
| 3. | To prod or goad (someone) into action by teasing or daring. |
v. i. | 1. | To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles. |
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