What does distaffe mean?

distaffe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off."
"I muſt change armes at home, and giue the diſtaffe Into my Husbands hands, […]"

distaffes (plural)

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