Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Distaff
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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Distaff
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(1):
(n.) Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
(2):
(n.) The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.