See Also: tolutation(dictionary)
sea needle(medicine)
needle(encyclopedia)
Needle(medicine)
needle(1)(dictionary)
needle(2)(dictionary)
needle forceps(medicine)
needle culture(medicine)
needle biopsy(medicine)
needle bath(medicine)

needle 1, noun (oh) and tolutation (iou)


needle 1, noun (oh)



thread, reel
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1 ?Sewing?
2 ?drugs?
3 ?pointer?
4 ?medical treatment?
5 ?leaf?
6 ?records?
7 like looking for a needle in a haystack
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[Language: Old English; Origin: nAdl]
?Sewing?
a) a small thin piece of steel, with a point at one end and a hole in the Other, used for Sewing
-see also pin pin
::a needle and thread
::a tapestry needle
b) a knitting needle
?DRUGS?
a very thin, pointed steel tube at the end of a syringe, which is pushed into your skin to put a drug or medicine into your body or to take out blood
::She carried hypodermic needles and syringes in her bag.
::Drug users are at risk when they share needles.
?POINTER?
a long thin piece of metal on a scientific instrument that moves backwards and forwards and points to numbers or directions
::a compass needle
?MEDICAL TREATMENT?
a long, very thin piece of metal used in acupuncture (=a kind of medical treatment originally used in China)
?LEAF?
a small needle-shaped leaf, especially from a pine tree
::pine needles
?RECORDS?
the very small, pointed part in a record player that touches the record in order to play it
like looking for a needle in a haystack
informal used to say that something is almost impossible to find
::Finding out which file you want can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
-see also pins and needles

tolutation (iou)



tolutation noun.rare. M17-L18.
[from Latin tolut- stem of tolutim at a trot + -ATION.]
The action of ambling or trotting (lit. & fig.).