bodkin/ˈbɒdkɪn/EtymologyFrom Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), apparently from *boyde, *boide (of unknown [Celtic?] origin) + -kin. Cognate with Scots botkin, boitkin, boikin (“bodkin”).advClosely wedged between two people.“to sit bodkin”nameA surname originating as a patronymic.nounA small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.“As with compulsory Sunday worship, death for blasphemy was for the third offence. A bodkin, a large blunt needle, was thrust through the tongue for the second offence.”A hairpin.“A rich, flushed colour—large black eyes—teeth that shone from their brilliant whiteness—a slender shape—and most minute feet, in such little shoes of Cordova leather—a silver chain round her neck, to which hung a medal of the Madonna—a dark-brown boddice and short skirt, relieved by a lacing of scarlet riband—long black hair, bound in one large plait round the head, and fastened by a silver bodkin”A dagger.“When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?”A type of long thin arrowhead.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.