knitting needle

A long, thin, pointed rod used in pairs or sets to knit yarn into cloth.

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knit′ting nee`dle

1. either of two instruments used for hand knitting: a straight rod of steel, wood, plastic, etc., pointed at one or both ends, used in pairs, or a single curved, flexible rod with two pointed ends.

2. any of various needlelike devices used in machine knitting.

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Noun

knitting needle - needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends; usually used in pairs

needle - a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

Translations

إِبْرَةُ الـحِيَاكَةُ

jehlice na pletení

strikkepind

Stricknadel

βελόνα πλεξίματος

aguja de hacer punto aguja de tejer

neulepuikko

aiguille à tricoter

pletaće igle

ferro da calza ferro da maglia

編み棒

뜨개바늘

breinaald

strikkepinne

drut do robót dziewiarskich

agulha de tricô

вязальная спица

sticka

เข็มถัก

örgü şişi

kim đan

编织针

knitting needle

n → ferro da calza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

knitting needle

→ إِبْرَةُ الـحِيَاكَةُ jehlice na pletení strikkepind Stricknadel βελόνα πλεξίματος aguja de hacer punto, aguja de tejer neulepuikko aiguille à tricoter pletaće igle ferro da maglia 編み棒 뜨개바늘 breinaald strikkepinne drut do robót dziewiarskich agulha de tricô вязальная спица sticka เข็มถัก örgü şişi kim đan 编织针

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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In instances where the lightning has actually struck the vessel, so as to smite down some of the spars and rigging, the effect upon the needle has at times been still more fatal; all its loadstone virtue being annihilated, so that the before magnetic steel was of no more use than an old wife's knitting needle. But in either case, the needle never again, of itself, recovers the original virtue thus marred or lost; and if the binnacle compasses be affected, the same fate reaches all the others that may be in the ship; even were the lowermost one inserted into the kelson.

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"If I was as young as you, I'd decide in favor of the park," said Aunt Jamesina, tickling Joseph's yellow ear with a knitting needle.

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She sat watching idly the Duchess's knitting needles. Lady Carey came sweeping in, wonderful in a black velvet gown and a display of jewels almost barbaric.

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