Bodkin
1Bodkin — may refer to:* One of the fourteen Tribes of Galway * A bodkin point, a type of arrowhead * A dagger or stiletto knife * A sharp slender instrument for making holes in cloth or a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape or ribbon through a… …
2Bodkin — Bod kin (b[o^]d k[i^]n), 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] …
3Bodkin — Bod kin, n. See {Baudekin}. [Obs.] Shirley. [1913 Webster] …
4bodkin — late 14c., boydekin, of unknown origin. The ending suggests a diminutive formation, and Celtic has been suggested as the source of the root …
5bodkin — ► NOUN 1) a thick, blunt needle with a large eye, used for drawing tape or cord through a hem. 2) historical a long pin used to fasten women s hair. ORIGIN perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Irish bod, Welsh bidog, Scottish Gaelic biodag… …
6bodkin — [bäd′kin] n. [ME boidekyn, bodekin < ?] 1. Obs. a dagger or stiletto 2. a pointed instrument for making holes in cloth 3. a long, ornamental hairpin 4. a thick, blunt needle for drawing ribbon or tape through a hem, etc …
7Bodkin — Pointe bodkin Les pointes bodkin étaient les plus utilisées du fait de leur caractère perforant et de leur facilité de réalisation. Les pointes de flèche type bodkin sont pointues et de section carrée. Elles sont particulièrement perforantes et… …
8Bodkin — A small, pointed implement for piercing materials e.g. cloth, leather etc.; a pin used to fasten hair; most familiarly, and later, a *dagger or a stiletto. Bodkin and pin (the seamstress s and hairpin) were used synonymously until the 16c and… …
9bodkin — [14] A bodkin was originally a small dagger, and only in the 18th century did it develop the perhaps more familiar sense ‘long blunt needle’. Initially it was a three syllable word, spelled boidekyn, and its origins are mysterious. Most… …
10bodkin — [14] A bodkin was originally a small dagger, and only in the 18th century did it develop the perhaps more familiar sense ‘long blunt needle’. Initially it was a three syllable word, spelled boidekyn, and its origins are mysterious. Most… …
