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Definition of Knitting needle
1. Noun. Needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends; usually used in pairs.
Definition of Knitting needle
1. Noun. A long, thin, pointed rod, used in pairs to knit yarn ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knitting Needle
Literary usage of Knitting needle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"I A"v 1 1 j \ "The coil at the distant station is about six inches long, consists
of about six layers of thin wire, and encloses as a core a knitting needle ..."
2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"... —beutet, m. knitting-bag; — bret, n. large wooden knitting-needle; — gam, n.
knitting yarn; ... knitting-needle; —perlt,/, ..."
3. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1870)
"A knitting-needle was placed on white paper, and the first quarter of its length
... When a long, magnetised knitting-needle has'one of its poles reversed, ..."
4. Elements of Natural Philosophy: A Text-book for High Schools and Academies by Elroy McKendree Avery (1897)
"Pass a knitting-needle through a small cork from end to end and so ... Thrust a
sewing-needle or half of a knitting-needle through the cork at right angles ..."
5. Introduction to the Herbartian Principles of Teaching by Catherine Isabel Dodd (1901)
"(a) Light a candle and hold ar. orange on a knitting-needle before it so that
the light falls on it. Half of it is in the full glare and half in the shade. ..."
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