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"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side."

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  1. n. "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side."
  2. "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome.
  3. "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, tohold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson.Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson.Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome.