Thus the body of the witch might be subjected to penetration by bodkins or needles as the insensible spot was sought. |
Bodkins therefore needed to be carried since repairs or rethreadings were necessary on the numerous tying devices. |
Their bodkins, or bullet-shaped arrow heads, were carried on shafts three feet long and as thick as a man's thumb, and were able to punch straight through plate armour. |
It's not often these days you find people exclaiming egad, zounds or odds bodkins. |
Thankfully, the other film's plentiful bare bodkins come to rescue us from anticipation frustration. |
Some even believe his plays have subversive religious messages attacking the Protestant religion Odds bodkins. |