/bod"kin/ , n.
1. a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
2. a long pinshaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair.
3. a blunt, needlelike instrument for drawing tape, cord, etc., through a loop, hem, or the like.
4. Obs. a small dagger; stiletto.
[ 1350-1400; ME badeken, bo ( i ) dekyn, of uncert. orig. ]