bodkin

noun

1. a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
2. a long pinshaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair.
3. a blunt, needlelike instrument for drawing tape, cord, etc., through a loop, hem, or the like.
4. Obsolete. a small dagger; stiletto.

noun

1. a blunt large-eyed needle used esp for drawing tape through openwork
2. archaic a dagger
3. printing a pointed steel tool used for extracting characters when correcting metal type
4. archaic a long ornamental hairpin