Bodkin /(bŏd"kĭn)/

Bod·kin

Bodkin

n.
  1. A dagger. [Obs.]
    When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin.
  2. An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer. (Needlework)
  3. A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections. (Print.)
  4. 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.
    Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye.
  5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.

Phrases & Compounds
To sit, ride, [or] travel bodkin
to sit closely wedged between two persons.

Bodkin

n.
  1. See Baudekin. [Obs.]