sewing needle

A sewing-needle may be similarly kept floating, though its specific gravity is nearly eight times that of water.

My sewing-needle, say I—my needle, or I will hang you as a scarecrow in my pea-patch, to frighten the sparrows out of it.

A sewing-needle, first softened and flattened into a blade, then retempered and sharpened, gives me a most delicate scalpel.

A harness-needle, which is thicker and stronger than a sewing-needle, makes an excellent bar magnet.