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Definition of Crochet needle
1. Noun. A needle with a hook on the end; used in crocheting.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crochet Needle
Literary usage of Crochet needle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"Barthélémy Thimonnier in France, in 1830, devised a sewing machine in which the
crochet needle waa also used to make a chain stitch. ..."
2. The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Amusements, Exercises, Studies, and Pursuits by Matilda Anne Planche Mackarness (1888)
"Tie a loop in the thread «r wool, take it on to the crochet-needle, ... Take the
wool up on the -crochet-needle, and continue to draw the wool through the ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To produce a close or open fabric by hooking a thread of worsted, linen, silk,
etc., into meshes with a crochet needle. crochet ..."
4. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1867)
"... by a so-called crochet needle, which terminates wilh a hook; the needle is
grasped by the opposite end, and the hook pushed through the sniff, ..."
5. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Park Benjamin, D. Appleton and Company (1880)
"Barthélémy Thimonnier in France, in 1830, devised a sewing machine in which the
crochet needle was also used to make a chain stitch. ..."
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