bodkin
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kɪn noun
1.
a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
2.
a long pinshaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair.
3.
a blunt, needlelike instrument for drawing tape, cord, etc., through a loop, hem, or the like.
4.
Obsolete. a small dagger; stiletto.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English badeken, bo(i)dekyn, of uncertain origin
1350–1400; Middle English badeken, bo(i)dekyn, of uncertain origin
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| —n | |
| 1. | a blunt large-eyed needle used esp for drawing tape through openwork |
| 2. | archaic a dagger |
| 3. | printing a pointed steel tool used for extracting characters when correcting metal type |
| 4. | archaic a long ornamental hairpin |
| [C14: probably of Celtic origin; compare Gaelic biodag dagger] | |
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Word Origin & History
bodkin
late 14c., boydekin, of unknown origin. The ending suggests a dim. form, and Celtic has been suggested as the source of the root.
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Example sentences
As an experimenter, he touched and tasted everything, and once thrust a bodkin in his eye to discover what colours he would see.
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