A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.
An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a
A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking
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.
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.
See Baudekin. [Obs.] Shirley.
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