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Needle

1. A thin, metal device, usually with an eye at one end for inserting the thread, used in sewing to transport the thread. 2. The portion of a knitting machine used for intermeshing the loops. Several types of knitting needles are available.

3. In nonwovens manufacture, a barbed metal device used for punching the web's own fibres vertically through the web.

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