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Bodkin

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Word	Definition
poniardnoun	(now chiefly historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bodkin"

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Word	Definition
poniardnoun	(now chiefly historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
buttonholenoun	A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
bobbinnoun	In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
buttonernoun	One who buttons something.
button holenoun	Alternative form of buttonhole. [A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.]
button-holenoun	Alternative form of buttonhole. [A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.]
buttonhooknoun	(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
becketnoun	(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
burlnoun	A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
bartacknoun	A series of stitches used for reinforcing areas of stress on a garment, such as pocket openings or buttonholes.
bowsienoun	(sailing) A simple device with three holes used for tensioning stays on boats or guy-lines on tents.
bolinnoun	A surname.
legholenoun	A hole in a piece of clothing intended for putting one's leg through.
bachelors buttonnoun	(usually in the plural) Any one of a number of plants with daisylike, button shaped flowers.
bootstrapnoun	(computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.
bumkinnoun	(nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
bonenoun	(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
boleennoun	(rare) Alternative form of boline. [A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.]
boltnoun	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
bocasinenoun	(historical) A sort of fine buckram.