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Distaff
Distaff meaning
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 (as indicated by the etymology of the word), 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.
Example sentences (4)
Unlike other LucasArts adventure games, in players must interact with the environment by casting magical spells, spells that activate by playing four notes on the distaff that takes up the entire interface.
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Loom (1990) replaces the conventional SCUMM interface of verbs with spells played on a musical distaff Puzzles generally involve using the right verb action with the appropriate object — "use biscuit cutter with rubber tree," for example.