Needle

Description

A small, sharp pointed instrument, usually of polished steel that is used for sewing and stitching. Needles have a hole in one end to hold a length of thread while the needle is passed through a cloth.

Authority

• Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998