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use (Arvicola pinetorum), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. -- Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See Pinus. -- Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below). -- Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnis…

agged robin. -- Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides. -- Moss pink. See under Moss. -- Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria. -- Sea pink. See Thrift.

the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.

stroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.

To employ diligently; to use steadily. Go ply thy needle; meddle not. Shak.

or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin.

Lace having a needle-made design applied to a net ground, this ground often being machine-made.

Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed.

as two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.

er bar, or Presser wheel (Knitting machine), a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of the needles to enable the loops of the yarn to pass over them. -- Presser foot, the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine.

re in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.

A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery. Knight.

A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin. A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. Rambler.

The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one. Dunglison.

ntire circle. -- Reflecting galvanometer, a galvanometer in which the deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image of a scale; -- called also mirror galvanometer. -- Reflecting goniometer. See under Goniometer. -- Reflecting telescope. See under T…

A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).

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. Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann will show you how to make that W you bothered over. E. E. Hale.

Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.