Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pointed instrument for introducing a pigment beneath the skin, as in tattooing, and for certain operations in surgery.
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Examples
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The colour used is the rosin of a nut-tree precipitated on a cool stone and mixed with the juice of a plant; the pattern is drawn on the skin with a stick, and then traced with the tattooing-needle.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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[680] that at their marriages an old matron would sometimes repeat as she threw down the _tulsi_ or basil, "Here's to the spirits of those who once led bears and monkeys; to those who drove bullocks and marked with the _godini_ (tattooing-needle); and those who made baskets for the head."
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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