noun a dagger.
2. bodkin ·noun ·see baudekin.
3. bodkin ·noun a kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
4. bodkin ·noun a sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
5. bodkin ·noun 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.
6. bodkin ·noun an implement of steel, bone, ivory, ·etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.