bodkin vs fascine knife

bodkin

noun
  • A dagger. 

  • A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing. 

  • A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather. 

  • A type of long thin arrowhead. 

  • A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters letters from a column or page in making corrections. 

  • A hairpin. 

adv
  • Closely wedged between two people. 

fascine knife

noun
  • A large, heavy knife or short sword used as a sidearm and tool by 17th to 19th century infantry and artillery. 

How often have the words bodkin and fascine knife occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )