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HAND NEEDLE [17 records]

Record 1 2024-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Human Diseases - Various
CONT

Exposure-prone procedures are those invasive procedures where there is a risk that injury to the healthcare worker may result in the exposure of the patient's open tissues to the blood of the healthcare worker. These include procedures where the healthcare worker's gloved hand may be in contact with sharp instruments, needle tips or sharp tissues(e. g. spicules of bone and teeth) inside a patient's open body cavity, wound or confined anatomical space where the hands or fingertips may not be completely visible at all times.

Key term(s)
  • exposure prone procedure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Maladies humaines diverses
CONT

Les actes à risque de transmission (ART) sont des interventions effractives où il existe un risque qu'une blessure d'un travailleur de la santé (TS) se traduise par une exposition des lésions tissulaires du patient au sang du TS.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

A quilting needle comes with a trapped point that will allow you to stitch the fabric layers. The tapering point prevents from damaging the quality of the fabric when you sew. The quilting needle is usually small and hard when compared to typical sewing or hand needles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace (Embroidery)
CONT

Puncetto lace... is made in hand : with the needle the lacemaker creates a series of small knots in turns of round-trip. The designs are geometric; the work looks rather compact.

OBS

Puncetto is a hand made needle lace traditionally worked in Valsesia, a mountain valley in the North of Italy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles
CONT

La dentelle Puncetto est formée de rangs de nœuds faits à l'aiguille, de gauche à droite, puis de droite à gauche au rang suivant. Elle s'exécute en bordure d'un tissu ou sur un fil de support tendu. On commence le travail sur l'endroit du tissu.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching
CONT

Hand quilting is the process of using a needle and thread to sew a running stitch by hand across the entire area to be quilted. This binds the layers together. A quilting frame or hoop is often used to assist in holding the piece being quilted off the quilter's lap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A device designed to hold needles for suturing during a surgical operation.

OBS

Needle holders are used to suture deep areas where hands cannot reach comfortably or where high precision and clear visibility is required. The holders may be with or without a catch. All needle holders have a firm grip.

OBS

Needle holders are mainly ring handled instruments similar to hemostats in appearance but with smaller jaws which are shorter and thicker. The purpose of needle holders is to securely hold surgical needles which are attached to sutures. Not all needle holders are ring handled. Spring handled needle holders are used in surgical procedures requiring delicate suturing in tight or poorly exposed areas of the body. Spring handled needle holders provide maximum result with minimum rotation of wrist and hand. Most spring handle holders will have a lock or catch to secure the needle.

OBS

There are many varieties of needle holders, often bearing the name of their inventor: Abbey, Adson, Baumgartner, Carroll, Castroviejo, Collier, Crile-Wood, Derf, Ferris Smith, Finochietto, Heaney, Mayo, Mayo-Hegar needle holder, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Pince articulée qui fixe et maintient une aiguille pour effectuer une suture.

OBS

Le porte-aiguille. Comme son nom l'indique, il porte l'aiguille et le fil qui vont charger et suturer les tissus ou la peau. L'aiguille est pincée perpendiculaire au porte-aiguille et au bout de ses mors; la préhension se fait généralement deux tiers un tiers ou la moitié de la courbure de l'aiguille et pointe à gauche.

OBS

Pluriel : des porte-aiguilles.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

[A net maker or netter] is a person who makes or repairs nets by hand, plaiting and knotting twine using netting needle or shuttle.

Key term(s)
  • net needle
  • netting-needle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Outil employé pour la confection manuelle et le ramendage d'un filet.

CONT

L'aiguille à filet est une pièce de bois, de corne ou de matière plastique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
CONT

[...] las lanzaderas, unas piezas compuestas de una varilla delgada que acaba en sus extremos en forma de horquilla [...] servían para recoger el sedal. Pasando la lanzadera alternativamente a través de la trama, de izquierda a derecha y de derecha a izquierda, se trenzaban las redes.

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Record 7 2005-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
DEF

A hand-tailoring operation to remove any knots and loose ends, insert missing tufts of surface yarns.

CONT

After a carpet is woven, it must be carefully inspected. Minor imperfections may be repaired by burling--a hand process. An electric tufting gun with a needle in its barrel is used to insert a missing bit of yarn in a tufted carpet. Custom designs may also be created with the gun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
DEF

Procédé par lequel on remplace à la main les touffes manquantes.

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

Hand needles. Many types of needles are made for hand sewing, each for a specific purpose. These vary according to eye shape (long or round), length (in proportion to eye), and point (sharp, blunt, ball-point, or wedge).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
CONT

Il existe des aiguilles à main pour presque tous les ouvrages. Elles varient selon leur chas (long ou rond), leur longueur et leur pointe (aiguë, plate, arrondie ou conique).

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Sewing (General)
CONT

Sewing threads are tightly twisted ply yarns made with strands having equally balanced twist, producing a circular cross section... Thread for use in commercial or home sewing machines and for hand sewing should allow easy movement when tension is applied and ease in needle threading; should be smooth, to resist friction during sewing....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Couture (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
CONT

... William Lee... invented a machine that would knit at a much quicker rate than obtained by hand knitting. So from a very small beginning the knitting industry began and spread around the world... Matthew Townsend of Leicester invented the latch needle which revolutionized the knitting industry....

CONT

Parkdale has now expanded its service to the hosiery industry with the addition of Unifi’s open end operations.

OBS

Hosiery: British term which indicates any knitted article.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
CONT

Le terme de bonneterie désigne la fabrication et le commerce des vêtements et des étoffes à mailles. Il est aujourd'hui [...] remplacé par «industrie de la maille». Cette industrie, dont la technique est le tricotage, est très variée. En effet, parmi les articles de bonneterie, on peut citer les articles chaussants (bas, collants, chaussettes), les sous-vêtements masculins (slips, maillots de corps), les sous-vêtements féminins [...], les vêtements de dessus «coupés-cousus», les vêtements entièrement proportionnés [...], les tricots à usage industriel [...], les gants, les bérets, les dentelles, la layette, les rideaux, les filets de pêche, les articles de maintien, les fourrures artificielles, etc.

CONT

La bonneterie : Sous cette appellation générale, on peut grouper toutes les industries textiles dont la fabrication est basée sur la structure «maille» [...]

CONT

[...] Leuze [ville près de Dunkerque] était un centre de bonneterie fortement industrialisé. Cette industrie du tricot et du textile subsiste encore aujourd'hui [...].

CONT

La bonneterie est l'industrie du tricot [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 1992-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture

Spanish

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Record 12 1989-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sewing (General)
CONT

Hand Sewer.... Sews parts, trimmings, fasteners or labels, to items, such as garments, curtains, lamp-shades, parachutes, stuffed toys and moccasins, using needle and thread...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Couture (Généralités)
CONT

Couseur à la main. (...) Coud des parties, des garnitures, des fermoirs, des attaches, ou des étiquettes, à des articles comme des vêtements, des rideaux, des abat-jour, des parachutes, des jouets rembourrés et des mocassins, à l'aide d'une aiguille et de fil (...)

Spanish

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Record 13 1989-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions
DEF

hand needles are ideal for heavy sewing jobs - Both the glover and sail maker types have wedgeshaped points that pierce leather and leather like fabrics in such a way that the holes resist tearing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
DEF

[les] aiguilles à main sont parfaites pour les dures besognes. L'aiguille à cuir et l'aiguille à toile à voile possèdent des pointes coniques capables de perforer le cuir et le simili-cuir, de telle sorte que les trous ne s'agrandissent pas.

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

General hand sewing needle. This group of hand needles is used for general-purpose sewing. Most of them are sharp needles and each has a size range sufficient to accommodate most weights of fabrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
CONT

Aiguilles à main de couture courante. Cette série d'aiguilles à main s'emploie pour la couture courante. Elles ont un bout pointu et sont calibrées pour convenir à la plupart des tissus.

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

Heavy-duty sewing needle. These hand needles are ideal for heavy sewing jobs. Both the glover and sailmaker types have wedge-shaped points that pierce leather and leather like fabrics in such a way that the holes resist tearing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
CONT

Aiguilles de couture spécialisée. Ces aiguilles à main sont parfaites pour les dures besognes. L'aiguille à cuir et l'aiguille à toile à voile possèdent des pointes coniques capables de perforer le cuir et le simili-cuir, de telle sorte que les trous ne s'agrandissent pas.

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Needle Embroidery
  • Embroidery Notions
CONT

Needlecraft needle. This group of hand needles is used primarily for a variety of art and needlecraft purposes, such as embroidery, needlepoint, and decorative beading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie à l'aiguille
  • Articles et accessoires de broderie
CONT

Aiguilles à broderie et tapisserie. Cette série d'aiguilles à main sert surtout aux travaux d'art et d'artisanat, tels petit-point, perlage de fantaisie et broderie.

Spanish

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Record 17 1981-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sewing (General)
CONT

Hand Sewer.(...) Sews parts, trimmings, fasteners or labels, to items, such as garments, curtains, lamp-shades, parachutes, stuffed toys and moccasins, using needle and thread(...). May be engaged in a particular activity and be designated accordingly; for example, Basting Marker.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Couture (Généralités)
CONT

Couseur à la main. (...) Coud des parties, des garnitures, des fermoirs, des attaches, ou des étiquettes, à des articles comme des vêtements, des rideaux, des abat-jour, des parachutes, des jouets rembourrés et des mocassins, à l'aide d'une aiguille et de fil (...). Peut être chargé d'un travail de couture particulier et être désigné en conséquence, par exemple: Faufileur.

Spanish

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