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Of a needle: having no eye (eye, n.1 9a); (in later use also) made in such a way as to carry thread without a conventional eye.
having a large eye or large eyes; (also) characterized by wide open eyes (cf. wide-eyed adj. at wide, adj. compounds 2).
Used punningly of a needle: Eyeless.