biodag

biodag
a daggar, Irish bideóg (O'R.), miodóg, Welsh bidog, Old Breton bitat, resicaret, *biddo-, bid-do-, Celtic root bid, beid, Indo-European bhid, bheid, Latin findo, English bite, Sanskrit bhid, split. Hence English bodkin, possibly.

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  • Bodkin — Bod kin (b[o^]d k[i^]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ride — Bodkin Bod kin (b[o^]d k[i^]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To sit — Bodkin Bod kin (b[o^]d k[i^]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • travel bodkin — Bodkin Bod kin (b[o^]d k[i^]n), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dirk — For other uses, see Dirk (disambiguation). Japanese WW2 naval dirk A dirk is a short thrusting dagger, sometimes a cut down sword blade mounted on a dagger hilt rather than a knife blade. Like the cutlass historically used as a boarding weapon… …   Wikipedia

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  • Дирк — Шотландский кортик дирк Дирк (гэльск. Biodag) шотландский национальный кинжал (кортик). Является традиционным аксессуаром очень формального варианта шотландского национального костюма, а также носится при некоторых формах …   Википедия

  • bodkin — bod|kin [ˈbɔdkın US ˈba:d ] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Welsh bidog or Scottish Gaelic biodag knife used as a weapon ] a long thick needle without a point …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • dirk — c.1600, perhaps from Dirk, the proper name, which was used in Scandinavian for a picklock. But the earliest spellings were dork, durk (Johnson, 1755, seems to be responsible for the modern spelling), and the earliest association is with… …   Etymology dictionary

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