bodkin
Thick threading needle
A bodkin is a blunt thick needle with a large eye, used for threading ribbon or cord through fabric.
In earlier use, it meant a small pointed dagger or a sharp hairpin.
The word survives mainly in Shakespeare's phrase a bare bodkin—a simple dagger one might use to end one's life.
Pointed piercing implement
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- leatherTanned animal skin
- punchingStriking with closed fist
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
harness · saddlery · cobbler · shoemaking · belt · bookbinding · eyelet · lacing
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- daggerShort pointed stabbing blade
- stilettoThin-bladed knife or heel
- poniardSlim-bladed stabbing weapon
Hamlet · Renaissance · weapon · assassination · concealed · doublet · rapier · scabbard
U-shaped fastener for tresses
- bunSoft rounded roll
- chignonLow coiled hairstyle
- updoHair arranged atop head
- fastenerSecures things together
ornamental · decorative · coiffure · pinning · securing · tress
Decorative woven wall cloth
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- bluntDull or tactlessly direct
- threadingPassing strand through opening
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
elastic · drawstring · casing · weaving · darning · lacing · cord · yarn
Arranging text for print
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- composingCreating musical works
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
lead · slug · chase · quoin · furniture · lockup · compositor · justification
awl
Pointed piercing implement
stitching · harness · saddlery · cobbler · shoemaking · belt · bookbinding · eyelet · lacing · bradawl
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- daggerShort pointed stabbing blade
- stilettoThin-bladed knife or heel
poniard · Hamlet · Renaissance · weapon · assassination · concealed · doublet · rapier · scabbard · courtier
hairpin
U-shaped fastener for tresses
fastener · ornamental · decorative · coiffure · pinning · securing · tress
tapestry
Decorative woven wall cloth
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- bluntDull or tactlessly direct
- threadingPassing strand through opening
ribbon · elastic · drawstring · casing · weaving · darning · lacing · cord · yarn · tape
typesetting
Arranging text for print
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- composingCreating musical works
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
spacing · lead · slug · chase · quoin · furniture · lockup · compositor · justification
- bladed weaponsdagger, sword, stiletto, sabre, dirk
- needlessewing needle, knitting needle, darning needle, embroidery needle, tapestry needle
- pointed thingsspike, needle point, knife point, spear point, arrow
- Olde Englishthee, thou, thy, thine, hath
- sewing notionsneedle, needles, pins, thimble, pin cushion
- tailoringtailor, seamstress, tailoring, made-to-measure, tailor shop
bodkinbroadsword
Wide-bladed cutting weapon
claymore · longsword · greatsword · battle-axe · halberd
bodkinsewing needle
Pointed tool for stitching
embroidery needle · darning needle · tapestry needle · sharps · piercing needle