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181–183. The width at the forepart of the pivot (lit., tongue) should be one-eighth, or less by one-sixteenth, or one-half of that (i.e., less by one-thirty-second part than that at the bottom) ; otherwise it (the pivot or tongue) should be made tapering from the bottom towards the top which should be pointed like the end of the needle.