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A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.

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.

A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.

To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage. I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. Shak.

To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. The women of China, by bracing and binding them from their infancy, have very little feet. Locke. Some who spurs had first braced on. Sir W. Scott.

ing, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.

A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.

rms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat. Honor 's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat. B. Jonson.

ng the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc. Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly built. Landor.

A combination cloak and hood worn by women. [Variously written bournous, bernouse, bornous, etc.]

odified by the connected words. It was a gentle business, and becoming The action of good women. Shak. Bestow Your needful counsel to our business. Shak.

A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.

machinations of a few persons united in a close design; in intrigue. By cursed cabals of women. Dryden. Syn. - Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. -- Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of…

A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.

A short dressing jacket for women.

One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;

Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed. Women have been captivate ere now. Shak.

A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.