See distaff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 256:",
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"A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist."
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"ref": "1643, James Howell, “England’s Tears for the Present Wars, which, for the Nature of the Quarrel, the Quality of Strength, the Diversity of Battles, Skirmishes, Encounters, and Sieges, Happened in so Short a Compass of Time, Cannot be Paralleled by any Precedent Age”, in Walter Scott, editor, A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects: But Chiefly Such as Relate to the History and Constitution of These Kingdoms. Selected from an Infinite Number in Print and Manuscript, in the Royal, Cotton, Sion, and Other Public, as well as Private, Libraries; Particularly that of the Late Lord Somers, 2nd edition, volume V, London: Printed for T[homas] Cadell and W. Davies, Strand [et al.], published 1811, →OCLC, page 42:",
"text": "But O, passenger, if thou art desirous to know the cause of these fatal discomposures, of this inextricable war, truly I must deal plainly: I cannot resolve thee herein to any full satisfaction. Grievances there were, I must confess, and some incongruities in my civil government, (wherein, some say, the crozier, some say, the distaff was too busy,) but I little thought, God knows, that those grievances required a redress this way.",
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"text": "But O, passenger, if thou art desirous to know the cause of these fatal discomposures, of this inextricable war, truly I must deal plainly: I cannot resolve thee herein to any full satisfaction. Grievances there were, I must confess, and some incongruities in my civil government, (wherein, some say, the crozier, some say, the distaff was too busy,) but I little thought, God knows, that those grievances required a redress this way.",
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"sense": "device to which fibres are attached for temporary storage",
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"sense": "device to which fibres are attached for temporary storage",
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"sense": "device to which fibres are attached for temporary storage",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"word": "卷线杆"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
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"word": "přeslice"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
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"word": "ten"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"neuter"
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"word": "rokken"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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],
"word": "spinrokken"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "spinstok"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"word": "kuontalonpidin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"word": "rukinlapa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"word": "tortti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quenouille"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "roca"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rocken"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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],
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"word": "conocchia"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "itomakibou",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"word": "糸巻き棒"
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"code": "nv",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"word": "bee adizí"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "deški",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"word": "دشکی"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "roca"
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"word": "пря́слица"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"code": "scn",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"code": "scn",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ruccheḍḍu"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "preslica"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "rueca"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"word": "slända"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
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"sense": "part of a spinning wheel",
"word": "spulömastaf"
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"roman": "ženska rabota",
"sense": "anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only",
"word": "женска работа"
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"tags": [
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"word": "פֶּלֶךְ"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only",
"word": "女性の仕事"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only",
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"word": "kobieca robota"
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"word": "женски"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "of, relating to, or characteristic of women",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "of, relating to, or characteristic of women",
"word": "femminile"
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"sense": "of, relating to, or characteristic of women",
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