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Definition of Fashioning needle
Fashioning needle Fashion Fash"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Fashioning.] [Cf. F. faconner.]
1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay.
Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and
refine the age. --Cowper.
2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and
conditions of the people. --Spenser.
3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
--Locke.
4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak.
Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for
widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.