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Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Staël, née Necker.

y or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want. And the city had no need of the sun. Rev. xxi. 23. I have no need to beg. Shak. Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy. Jer. Taylor.

One who needs anything. Shak.

Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic] Chaucer. The needful time of trouble. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

In a needy condition or manner; necessarily. Chaucer.

The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.

See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.

Pointed as needles.

A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.

A case to keep needles.

The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.

As much thread as is used in a needle at one time.

One who makes or uses needles; also, a dealer in needles. Piers Plowman.

Having no need. [Obs.] Weeping into the needless stream. Shak.

Natrolite; -- called also needle zeolite.

A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.

Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.

Like a needle or needles; as, a needly horn; a needly beard. R. D. Blackmore.

Something needed or wanted. pl.

Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need. A man must needs love mauger his head. Chaucer. And he must needs go through Samaria. John iv. 4. He would needs know the cause of his reulse. Sir J. Davies.