"bodkin" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈbɒdkɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bodkin.wav
Etymology: From Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), apparently from *boyde, *boide (of unknown [Celtic?] origin) + -kin. Cognate with Scots botkin, boitkin, boikin (“bodkin”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boydekin||dagger}} Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{gloss|of unknown 􂀿Celtic?􂁀 origin}} (of unknown [Celtic?] origin), {{af|en|-kin|id1=diminutive}} -kin, {{cog|sco|botkin}} Scots botkin Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} bodkin (not comparable)
  1. Closely wedged between two people. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bodkin-en-adv-2jzmUD1J Categories (other): English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bodikin, bodkine, botkin, boidken

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɒdkɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bodkin.wav Forms: bodkins [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), apparently from *boyde, *boide (of unknown [Celtic?] origin) + -kin. Cognate with Scots botkin, boitkin, boikin (“bodkin”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boydekin||dagger}} Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{gloss|of unknown 􂀿Celtic?􂁀 origin}} (of unknown [Celtic?] origin), {{af|en|-kin|id1=diminutive}} -kin, {{cog|sco|botkin}} Scots botkin Head templates: {{en-noun}} bodkin (plural bodkins)
  1. A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather. Translations (pointed tool): шило (šilo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), naskali (Finnish), meana [masculine] (Irish), ابره (ibre) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bodkin-en-noun-RqxL4-FK Disambiguation of 'pointed tool': 67 3 1 0 0 28
  2. A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing. Translations (blunt needle): губерка (guberka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pujotusneula (Finnish), auwai (Maori)
    Sense id: en-bodkin-en-noun-Mu6bn0Nt Disambiguation of 'blunt needle': 2 90 1 0 3 4
  3. A hairpin.
    Sense id: en-bodkin-en-noun-KkDQHImN
  4. A dagger.
    Sense id: en-bodkin-en-noun-mEmDojDY
  5. A type of long thin arrowhead. Translations (type of arrowhead): bodkin-kärki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bodkin-en-noun-cgjJycFL Disambiguation of 'type of arrowhead': 2 6 9 0 74 9
  6. (printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections. Categories (topical): Printing, Sewing
    Sense id: en-bodkin-en-noun-9Sr4agPE Disambiguation of Sewing: 13 7 11 3 3 7 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -kin (diminutive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 3 5 6 1 2 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -kin (diminutive): 18 11 9 4 3 3 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 7 9 3 3 3 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 5 5 8 2 3 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 3 4 2 2 2 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 6 9 5 3 8 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 6 9 3 3 7 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 6 8 3 3 6 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 6 9 3 3 6 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 16 6 11 4 2 11 51 Topics: media, printing, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bodikin, bodkine, botkin, boidken Derived forms: bodkined, bodkinwise

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 265:",
          "text": "When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1932, D. H. Lawrence, The Ship of Death:",
          "text": "And can a man his own quietus make / with a bare bodkin? / With daggers, bodkins, bullets, man can make / a bruise or break of exit for his life; / but is that a quietus, O tell me, is it quietus?",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A dagger."
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        [
          "dagger",
          "dagger"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A type of long thin arrowhead."
      ],
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          "arrowhead"
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        "en:Printing"
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        "A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections."
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          "column",
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        "(printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections."
      ],
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        "publishing"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɒdkɪn/"
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      "word": "bodkine"
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      "word": "boidken"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "šilo",
      "sense": "pointed tool",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "naskali"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "guberka",
      "sense": "blunt needle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "губерка"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "blunt needle",
      "word": "pujotusneula"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "blunt needle",
      "word": "auwai"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of arrowhead",
      "word": "bodkin-kärki"
    }
  ],
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    "Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife"
  ],
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}

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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        {
          "text": "to sit bodkin",
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        },
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          "ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “In Which Becky Is Recognised by the Family”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 366:",
          "text": "He's too big to travel bodkin between you and me.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, Elizabeth von Arnim, The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen, MacMillan, published 1904:",
          "text": "Either he must come between us and be what is known as bodkin, or some one must get out and walk; and the bodkin solution not commending itself to me it was plain that if some one walked it must be myself.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Delphi Complete Works of R. S. Surtees (Illustrated)",
          "text": "Moreover, Mr. Jorrocks insisted upon riding bodkin — a very awkward-sized bodkin he was — especially as he would have all three to sit back, so that the conversation might be general."
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        "Closely wedged between two people."
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  ],
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}

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