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s | distaff |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun distaff is

a device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread a traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (see etymology), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.

As an adjective distaff is

of, relating to, or characteristic of women.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    distaff

    English

    (wikipedia distaff)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (see Etymology), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
  • the part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun
  • anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only
  • a woman, or women considered as a group
  • * Dryden
    • His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne.
  • * Howell
    • Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "distaff")

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, relating to, or characteristic of women
  • referring to the maternal side of a family
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1892 , year_published=2011 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , title=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , chapter=The Noble Bachelor citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side. }}

    Synonyms

    * (of, relating to, or characteristic of women ): female, maternal

    Antonyms

    * (of, relating to, or characteristic of women ): male, paternal

    Derived terms

    * distaff side