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n. A small, sharply pointed instrument for making holes in fabric or leather.

n. A blunt needle for pulling tape or ribbon through a series of loops or a hem.

n. A long hairpin, usually with an ornamental head.

n. Printing An awl or pick for extracting letters from set type.

n. A dagger or stiletto.

n. A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.

n. A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.

n. A hairpin.

n. A dagger.

n. A type of arrowhead.

n. A dagger.

n. An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer.

n. A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections.

n. 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.

n. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.

n. See baudekin.

n. A small dagger; a stiletto.

n. A small pointed instrument of steel, bone, or ivory, used for piercing holes in cloth, etc.

n. A similar but blunt instrument, with an eye, for drawing thread, tape, or ribbon through a loop, hem, etc.

n. A long pin-shaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair.

n. A thick needle or straight awl of steel, used by bookbinders to make holes in boards and to trace lines for cutting.

n. A printers' tool for picking letters out of a column or page in correcting.

n. A corruption of baudekin.

n. formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head

n. a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops

n. a dagger with a slender blade

n. a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric

"The surname Botkin comes from the Old English word bodkin, which is also spelled bodekin, and refers to a short, pointed weapon or dagger."

hairpin    hand tool    sticker    dagger   

to be   

baudekin   

dagger    stiletto    eyeleteer   

poniard    dzis    stylet    thou'rt    doorstone    hardener    orle    screw-driver    snuffbox    gimlet