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The garfish or sea needle.

rine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc.

Imperative; urgent; compelling. Imperious need, which can not be withstood. Dryden.

n; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. Waller.

an orbit (Astron.), the angle which the orbit makes the ecliptic. -- Inclination of the needle. See Dip of the needle, under Dip.

Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle. -- In*clin"a*to*ri*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.

Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. Addison.

Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality. "Insufficient for His praise." Cowper.

inal lines (Magnetism), lines on the earth's surface connecting places at which a dipping needle indicates the same inclination or dip.

e of the globe, or upon a chart, connecting places at which the deviation of the magnetic needle from the meridian or true north is the same.

Recital or performance a second time; repetition. Bacon. What needs this iteration, woman Shak.

d as the judge of all. In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own. Jer. Taylor. Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment. Shak.

The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.

Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.

knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry. "O shame to knighthood." Shak. If you needs must write, write Cæsar's praise; You 'll gain at least a knighthood, or the bays. Pope.

fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.

ads into a fabric, as in stockings. -- Knitting sheath, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in knitting.

great knock. Holland. Knock off, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

e for disconnecting something, as a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

some other beverage. [Old Slang] Addison. Alencon lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and cost. -- Bone lace, Brussels lace, etc. See under Bone, Brussels, etc. -- Gold lace, or Silver lace, lace having warp t…