Distaff
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Distaff - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
(Heb. pelek, a "circle"), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Prov. 31:19).
Distaff - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
DISTAFF, n.
1. The staff of a spinning-wheel, to which a bunch of flax or tow is tied, and from which the thread is drawn.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. Prov 31.
2. Figuratively, a woman, or the female sex.
His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne.
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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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