- use
wooden staves called "
distaffs" to
control their magic, with
which they "weave the very
fabric of reality".
Distaff Day
Spindle (textiles) Wand...
-
within the
context of a
gathering of
women who meet with
their spindles and
distaffs to spin. They
discuss folk
wisdom related to
their domestic lives, including...
-
Distaff Day, also
called Roc Day or Rock Day,[better source needed] is 7 January, the day
after the
feast of the Epiphany. It is also
known as
Saint Distaff's...
- 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'...
-
technique to
ornament the
distaffs, and by the mid 19th
century saw the
transition from
incrustation to
painting of
Distaff.
Gorodets artists traditionally...
- The
genus Carthamus, the
distaff thistles,
includes plants in the
family Asteraceae. The
group is
native to Europe,
North Africa, and
parts of Asia. 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...
- glutinosa, the
glutinous sage,
sticky sage, Jupiter's sage, or Jupiter's
distaff, is a
herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the
family Lamiaceae. Salvia...
- The
Distaff Side is a 1933
comedy play by the
British writer John Van Druten. It
premiered at the King's Theatre,
Edinburgh before beginning a 102-performance...
- 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...
