Bodkin

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Dagger.

II. Bodkin ·noun ·see Baudekin.

III. Bodkin ·noun A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.

IV. Bodkin ·noun A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.

V. Bodkin ·noun 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.

VI. Bodkin ·noun An implement of steel, bone, ivory, ·etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an Eyeleteer.

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