bodkin

(Inglese)

Noun

1. A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
2. A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
3. A hairpin.
4. A dagger.
5. A type of long thin arrowhead.
6. A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.

Adv

Closely wedged between two people.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbɒdkɪn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: boydekin

Affine scozzese: botkin

In summary

From Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), apparently from *boyde, *boide (of unknown [Celtic?] origin) + -kin. Cognate with Scots botkin, boitkin, boikin (“bodkin”).

Concetti

punteruolo

infilanastri

infilacappi

infilaguaine

infilacapi

sinonimi

awl

threader

poniard

broach

bur

dagger

🗡️

dirk

drill

prick

pricker

prod

prong

puncheon

puncher

large needle

small pincers

straight bit

subula

bit

bore

Traduzioni

priem

σακκοράφα

agulla de ganxo

Ahle

Pfriem

σουβλί

βελόνη χονδρή

τρυπητήρι

rijgnaald

szpilka

punção

punhal

sovela

estilete

aguja