- 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'...
- 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...
-
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
Distaff Stakes is a
Grade III
American Thoroughbred horse race for
fillies and
mares that are four
years old or
older at a
distance of
seven furlongs...
- 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...
-
woven fabric easier is a
spindle and a
distaff. The
first recorded example of the
distaff was in England. The
distaff was
created by
Anthony Bonvoise around...
- glutinosa, the
glutinous sage,
sticky sage, Jupiter's sage, or Jupiter's
distaff, is a
herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the
family Lamiaceae. Salvia...
