meaning of bodkin
1. A dagger.
2. An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc. , with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
3. A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
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.
5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
6. See Baudekin.
7. a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
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