1) Exclusively Anglo word 2) Exclusively Saxon word 3) Female 4) Feminine 5) Hand spinning tool 6) Maternal 7) Opposite of spear 8) Spinning wheel attachment 9) The sphere of work by women 10) Type of race for mares 11) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 12) Word of purely Anglo origin
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1) Female 2) Feminine 3) Womanly
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- the sphere of work by women
- the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
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As a noun, a distaff (f, also called a rock) is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax, and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fiber. Fiber is wrapped around the distaff, and tied in place with a piece of ribb...
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In racing, refers to female horses. Named for the distaff, a spindle used in weaving and traditionally associated with women.[82] In pedigree charts, refers to the entire dam's side of the pedigree.[73]
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of, like or pertaining to the female branch of a family or women's work
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• (n.) The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. • (n.) Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
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(from the article `work, history of the organization of`) ...reduced the supply of available skins and required a substitute material for clothing. To make textiles, yarn had to be spun; the earliest ... ...stick, or spindle. The first stage in mechanizing the process was to mount the spindle horizontally in bearings so that it could be...
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Origin: OE. Distaf, dysestafe, AS. Distaef; cf. LG. Diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. Dizen. See Staff. ... 1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. 'I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin.' (Fairfax) ... 2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woma...
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Dis'taff noun ;
plural Distaffs ,
rarely Distaves . [ Middle English
distaf ,
dysestafe , Anglo-Saxon
distaef ; confer LG.
diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and English
dizen . See
Staff .]
1. The staff for holding...
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A race for female horses. This may be for young fillies or for older mares.
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A distaff was the first instrument employed in spinning. It consisted of a staff, on one end of which the wool or flax was rolled. The spinner held it in the left hand, and drew out the fibres with the right, at the same time twisting them. A small piece of wood called a spindle was attached to the thread, the weight of which carried it down as it ...
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n] - the sphere of work by women 2. [n] - the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
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a staff with a notch at one end through which wool is drawn by hand.
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adjective characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; `female sensitiveness`; `female suffrage`
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noun the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
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a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. · a similar attachment on a spinning wheel. · · a woman or women collectively. · woman's work.
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