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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOUCH-NEEDLE

n.tuch'-needle. [touch and needle. ] Touch-needles are small bars of gold, silver and copper, each pure and in all proportions, prepared for trying gold and silver by the touchstone, by comparison with the mark they leave upon it.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOUCH-NEEDLE

TOUCH-NEEDLE Touch "-nee `dle, n. (Metal. )

Defn: A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.

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