bodkin vs spicule

bodkin

noun
  • A 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. 

  • A dagger. 

  • 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. 

spicule

noun
  • A sharp, needle-like piece. 

  • A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes. 

  • A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials 

  • A small spike of flowers. 

  • A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun. 

  • Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges. 

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