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ˈneedle-case
[needle n. 1.]
A case in which needles are kept.
c1440Promp. Parv. 352/1 Nedyl case, acuarius. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. lf. xvi b/2 The Needle⁓case, wherin we may sticke thredede Needles. 1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2173/4 A Silver Needle-Case with Open Work. 1706Ibid. No. 4234/5 Two Scisser Cases and a Needle Case, both of Silver. 1827in Hone Every-day Bk. II. 189 A needle-case, a spectacle-case. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. s.v. |