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distaff

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Noun
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dis=taff

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun distaff has 2 senses

Adjective distaff has 1 sense

OXFORD DICTIONARY

distaff, n.
1 a a cleft stick holding wool or flax wound for spinning by hand. b the corresponding part of a spinning-wheel.
2 women's work.

Idiom
distaff side the female branch of a family.
Etymology
OE dist{aelig}f (as STAFF(1)), the first element being app. rel. to LG diesse, MLG dise(ne) bunch of flax
Also see definition of "distaff" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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