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• The first needles were used in sewing, and were often made of bone or wood. A needle for hand sewing has a hole at the non-pointed end to carry thread or cord through the fabric after the pointed end pierces it. Hand sewing needles have different names depending on their purpose, such as sharps, betweens, ballpoint, embroidery, leather, beading, chenille, upholstery, and tapestry.

• A sewing machine uses an eye-pointed metal needle (with a hole near the pointed tip).

• A hollow needle can be used to inject or extract liquids: see hypodermic needle and syringe.

• Both primitive and modern needles can be used in the process of tattooing the skin: see tattoo gun.

• A needle can be used as an indicator on a mechanical dial used for reporting or measurement.

• A needle (or more properly, a stylus) is mounted in the arm of a phonograph to play back music recorded on a gramophone record (and historically, on phonograph cylinders).

• The long, slender, pointed leaves of some plantGreen algae land plants (embryophytes non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta liverworts Anthocerophyta hornworts Bryophyta mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta clubmosses Equisetophyta horsetails Pteridophyta "true"s, particularly conifersCordaitales Pinales Pinaceae Pine family Araucariaceae Araucaria family Podocarpaceae Yellow-wood family Sciadopityaceae Umbrella-pine family Cupressaceae Cypress family Cephalotaxaceae Plum-yew family Taxaceae Yew family Vojnovskyales Voltziales The coni, are often called needles by analogy with the primary meaning above. For details, see the article on PinophytaCordaitales Pinales Pinaceae Pine family Araucariaceae Araucaria family Podocarpaceae Yellow-wood family Sciadopityaceae Umbrella-pine family Cupressaceae Cypress family Cephalotaxaceae Plum-yew family Taxaceae Yew family Vojnovskyales Voltziales The coni.

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• pinConstruction A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together. Electronics In Electronics a pin is an electric interconnection. For example a metal wire coming out of an Integrated circuit or Transistor. Trade Someone whose trade is makin

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