BODKIN
\bˈɒdkɪn], \bˈɒdkɪn], \b_ˈɒ_d_k_ɪ_n]\
Definitions of BODKIN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
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See Baudekin.
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An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a tiletto; an eyeleteer.
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A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
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See Baudekin.
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An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a tiletto; an eyeleteer.
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A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
By Noah Webster.
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A pointed instrument for piercing holes in embroidery; a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a hem, eyelets, etc.; a long pin or stiletto.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small dagger: a small instrument for pricking holes or for dressing the hair: a large blunt needle.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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