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Words related to distaff

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  • distaff side

    the female side of a family (opposed to spear side).

  • dizen

    to deck with clothes or finery; bedizen.

  • rocambole

    a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.

  • spear side

    the male side, or line of descent, of a family (opposed to distaff side or spindle side).

  • spindle

    a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.

  • spindle side

    the female side or line of descent of a family; distaff side (opposed to spear side).
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