needle plate

  • 1Needle threader — A needle threader is a small device for helping put the thread through the eye of small needles. Most familiar today is the needle threader of Victorian design, consisting of a small tinned plate stamped with the Queen s head and with a diamond… …

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  • 2Space Needle — Localisation Localisation Seattle, Washington Coordonnées …

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  • 3Dry plate — Dry Dry (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[ o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture;… …

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  • 4Dry-plate process — Dry Dry (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[ o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture;… …

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  • 5Ground plate — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

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  • 6Fashioning needle — Fashion Fash ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fashioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fashioning}.] [Cf. F. faconner.] 1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold. [1913 Webster] Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. Gay. [1913 Webster] Ingenious art …

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  • 7Etching needle — Etching Etch ing, n. 1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See {Etch}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 2. A design carried out by means of the above… …

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  • 8etching needle — noun : a steel point or stylus used in etching to draw through the ground and expose the metal plate to the acid * * * etching needle noun A fine pointed steel instrument used in etching • • • Main Entry: ↑etch …

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  • 9cloth plate — noun : the metal plate in a sewing machine through which the needle passes and on which the work rests …

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  • 10Sewing machine — Elias Howe s lockstitch machine, invented 1845 A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount …

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