Boding

An omen; prognostic; prevision. Bod'ingly, adv. In a boding, or ominous manner. Bod'kin, n. [Scot. brod, prov. Eng. brode, a sharp-pointed instrument, and term, kin; Icel. brodde, from bryddi, to sharpen; Dan. brod.] Originally, a dagger; whence, a small, sharp-pointed instrument of steel, bone, ., used for piercing holes. "Each of them had bodkins in their hands, wherewith continually they pricked him." - Sir P. Sidney. -A kind of needle used to draw a ribbon, cord, . through a loop. "Or plung'd in lakes of bitter washes lie, Or wedg'd whole ages in a bodkin's eye." - Pope . -A rich kind of cloth. See BAUDKIN. (Printing.) A sharp instrument employed for picking out letters when making corrections in type.