Thesaurus: bodkin

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1. n. A dagger.
2. n. An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
3. n. A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
4. n. 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.
5. n. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
6. n. See Baudekin.
7. n. a dagger with a slender blade
8. n. formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
9. n. a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
10. n. a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
11. 1. A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak. 2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a 3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking 4. 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. Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope. 5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] Thackeray. See Baudekin. [Obs.] Shirley.
12. An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point,for making holes by piercing; a