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• BODKIN (Early Eng. boydekin, a dagger, a word of unknown origin, possibly connected with the Gaelic biodag, a short sword)

BODKIN (See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early Eng. boydekin, a See also:

• DAGGER

dagger, a word of unknown origin, possibly connected with the Gaelic biodag, a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword)  , a small, See also:

• NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

needle-like See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument of See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel or See also:

• BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
• BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

bone with a flattened knob at one end, used in See also:

• NEEDLEWORK

needlework . It has one or more slits or eyes, through which See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord, tape or ribbon can be passed, for threading through a hem or See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of loops . The word is also used of a small piercing instrument for making holes in See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, &c .