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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.

Of necessity. [Obs.] Chaucer.