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- A distaff (/ˈdɪstɑːf/, /ˈdɪstæf/, also called a rock) is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and...
- The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, three years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies'...
- Saint Distaff's Day, Distaff Day, or Rock Day, is 7th January, the day after Epiphany, and was the traditional day on which women would start spinning...
- The Distaff Gospels (Les Evangiles des Quenouilles) is an Old French fifteenth-century collection of po****r beliefs held by late medieval women, first...
- the world: the classic (4th), the Turf (10th) and the Mile (12th). The Distaff is ranked second among the top Grade 1 races for fillies and mares. The...
- The Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and older over a distance of one...
- Ἤριννα) was an ancient Gr**** poet. She is best known for her long poem The Distaff, a 300-line hexameter lament for her childhood friend Baucis, who had died...
- kinship, through the mother's lineage, also called the spindle side or the distaff side. A patriline ("father line") is a person's father, and additional...
- Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Racetrack and the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar. Thorpedo Anna is a dark bay filly who was bred by Judy Hicks...
- The Derby City Distaff Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and older over a distance of seven furlongs...