Bodkin

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

2. An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a

3. A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking

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. Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope.

5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

See Baudekin. [Obs.] Shirley.