bodkin

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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.

Synonimy

awl

threader

poniard

broach

bur

dagger

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dirk

drill

prick

pricker

prod

prong

puncheon

puncher

large needle

small pincers

straight bit

subula

bit

bore

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈbɒdkɪn/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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