2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. “A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This adjective is used only after the noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The publishing of banns. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Support or aid given to a person or cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bookbinding) The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pair of pistols. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of making black. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; -- of plants or persons; as, a bloodsucking blackmailer; bloodsucking lawyers.
Syn. -- parasitic, parasitical, leechlike. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

☞ As explained in Boswell's “Life of Dr. Johnson”, this term is derived from the name given to certain meetings held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for conversation with distinguished literary men. An eminent attendant of these assemblies was a Mr. Stillingfleet, who always wore blue stockings. He was so much distinguished for his conversational powers that his absence at any time was felt to be a great loss, so that the remark became common, “We can do nothing without the blue stockings.” Hence these meetings were sportively called bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them, bluestockings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana). [ 1913 Webster ]

When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sit,
ride, or
travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An office where passage tickets are sold. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Journalism) Still happening or becoming known at the present time; -- used of news reports; as, breaking news; a breaking story. [ PJC ]

Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A washing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bucking iron (Mining), a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores. --
Bucking kier (Manuf.), a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching. --
Bucking stool, a washing block. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought,
An' did the buckskins claw, man. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Breeches made of buckskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]