(n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.
(n.) The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's easy to have a tongue in (ahem) cheek approach to looking at this needlework, but the fascinated and often aggressive reactions to Cole's choice say a lot about contemporary society, celebrity and ideas of femininity.
(2) Needlework is a powerful book that deals with difficult subject matter.
(3) Some of them presented talks in which they applied high level maths to crochet, knitting, needlework and quilting.
(4) Find out more about Deidre Sullivan’s Needlework on the author’s website .
(5) She was endlessly nipping off for mystery "fittings" and appointments with specialists at the Royal School of Needlework, who handmade the metres of beautiful lace applique.
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(7) Now, a year after being granted asylum, she is making a go of needlework, as her 15-month-old daughter plays at her feet.
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(9) For services to Needlework and to Charity in Somerset.
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Sampler
Definition:
(n.) One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.
(n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
Example Sentences:
(1) The DCM sampler is expected to contribute to public health impact assessments by facilitating detailed determinations of the identities, compositions, concentrations, sources, formation mechanisms, and biological activity of environmental toxicants in gaseous atmospheres.
(2) The sampling rates of the samplers were derived from Fick's First Law of Diffusion.
(3) A commercially available auto-sampler was modified to enable unattended sampling over a 24-h test period using a cumulative drug release test based on the USP apparatus 1.
(4) Airborne particulate matter was collected by high volume samplers at two sampling stations in Berlin (West) between March 1983 and February 1984 (immissions).
(5) The performance of a new ectocervical brush sampler--the Cervex--was compared with the Ayre spatula in 280 paired cervical smears.
(6) The 50% effective cut-off diameter of stage 1 of this sampler is 8.0 microns for spherical particles.
(7) Volumetric levels of pollens derived from broad-leaved herbaceous plant species heve been determined at a midwestern urban site with suction and rotating arm samplers.
(8) In the following investigation, air-germ measurements were conducted--using the Reuter-Centrifugal-Sampler (RCS) and the Sartorius-Sampler MD 3 (SAR), and using standardized nutrient-substratum and breeding conditions--in order to detect differences in the measuring process itself.
(9) The convenience and portability of the Reuter centrifugal air sampler (RCS) encouraged us to determine a range of 'expected values' for bacterial air counts in nine hospitals at 13 defined locations.
(10) The technique is applicable to the Andersen sampler.
(11) Electric air samplers equipped with foam plugs were used to monitor ambient air from the basement, the kitchen, and one bedroom at: 24 h prior to termiticide application, during application, and post-application at 24 h, 1 wk, and monthly for 6 mo.
(12) The electrostatic filter was placed in front of one of the treatment chairs and the slit sampler was, for one period, placed at a distance of 5 m from the filter.
(13) A new field sampler has been developed for measuring the particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide emissions of woodburning stoves.
(14) Using a newly developed SPM sampler and NO2 filter badge, continuous 4 day (96 hours) measurements were conducted in two hundred residential homes for four weeks.
(15) Using a low-noise air sampler and a sensitive radioimmunoassay, we measured the concentration of mite allergens in the air during sleeping with Japanese bedquilts (futon).
(16) The FIAX system uses quantitative indirect immunofluorescence to measure the specific binding of ANA to a sampler coated with human epithelial cells.
(17) The paper describes special problems of sampling toxic gases, very soluble in water, on workplaces with passive samplers.
(18) Andersen air samplers were used to determine the particle size distribution of Serratia marcescens aerosols created during several common laboratory procedures and simulated laboratory accidents.
(19) A significantly higher number of microorganisms was recovered by the Reyniers sampler.
(20) Air concentrations of solvents were measured with personal samplers and gas chromatography.