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ˈneedle-point
[needle n. 1.]
1. The point of a needle; also transf.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Needle-point, a Sharper. c1836Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 672/2 The dust thrown off from the needlepoints and from the grindstone. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 502 To thrust the needle-points through..the centre of the opacity. 1888Pall Mall G. 23 Aug. 5/2 Spires, domes, and needle-points of dolomite. 1889Ibid. 5 Sept. 1/3 ‘Needle point’ is the name of the most pointed shoe. 1929Radio Times 8 Nov. 444/2 The needle-armature is so light that the needle point actually feels its way along the record groove. 1949B. Semeonoff Record Collecting v. 22 The term ‘tracking’ refers to the path traced by the needle-point as it travels inward towards the centre of a record.
2. Point-lace made with the needle. Also attrib.
1865F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iii. 28 Lace is divided into point and pillow. The first is made by the needle on a parchment pattern, and termed needle point. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 189/2 A technical peculiarity in making needlepoint lace is that a single thread and needle are alone used to form the pattern. 1893Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 4/1 When next time we buy a Vandyke collar of Irish lace..or..a flounce of needle-point. 1902Jourdain & Dryden Palliser's Hist. Lace (rev. ed.) xiii. 195 ‘Needle point’ is the name by which point d'Alençon was alone known in England during the last century. 1967E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage ii. 39 Cut work..later developed into needlepoint lace. Ibid., This delicate embroidery with its contrasts of cut work, eyelets, fine needlepoint fillings, [etc.]. |