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| Brodekin | n. [ F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. by`rsa skin, hide. Cf. Buskin. ] A buskin or half-boot. [ Written also brodequin. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bodkin | n. [ OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag. ] 1. A dagger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. [ 1913 Webster ] Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]
To sit,
ride, or
travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Bodkin | n. See Baudekin. [ Obs. ] Shirley. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | bodkin | (บอด'คิน) n. เครื่องเจาะรู, สว่าน, เข็มใหญ่, คีมหนีบ, กิ๊บผมที่ยาว, เครื่องคล้ายเข็มสำหรับสอดรู, กริชเล่มเล็ก |
| | | | | bodkin | (n) formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head | | bodkin | (n) a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric | | bodkin | (n) a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops, Syn. threader |
| | Bodkin | n. [ OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag. ] 1. A dagger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. [ 1913 Webster ] Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]
To sit,
ride, or
travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Bodkin | n. See Baudekin. [ Obs. ] Shirley. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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