Distaff

  • 21Distaff Lane —    South out of Cannon Street, between Nos. 7 and 8 to Old Fish Street (P.O. Directory). In Bread Street Ward.    First mention: July, 187O.    Former name : Little Distaff Lane (Leake, 1666 O.S. 1875).    It still appears under this name in the… …

    Dictionary of London

  • 22Distaff —    (Heb. pelek, a circle ), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Prov. 31:19) …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 23distaff — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun Women in general: femininity, muliebrity, womanhood, womankind, womenfolk. See GENDER. II adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of women: female, feminine, womanish, womanly. See GENDER …

    English dictionary for students

  • 24distaff — dis|taff [ˈdısta:f US stæf] n a stick, used in the past for spinning wool …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25distaff — dis·taff || dɪstɑːf n. part of a spinning wheel that holds the wool, spindle …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26distaff — dis·taff …

    English syllables

  • 27distaff — /ˈdɪstaf/ (say distahf) noun 1. a staff with a cleft end, formerly used for holding the wool, flax, etc., from which the thread was drawn in spinning by hand. 2. an analogous part of a spinning wheel, for holding flax to be spun. 3. the female… …

  • 28distaff —   Milo lopi …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 29Descent by distaff — Distaff Dis taff, n.; pl. {Distaffs}, rarely {Distaves}. [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 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30distaff side — the female side of a family (opposed to spear side). [1885 90] * * * …

    Universalium

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