Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait..

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Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail..
Bobance :: Bobance (n.) A boasting.
Bob Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..
Subobtuse :: Subobscurely (adv.) Somewhat obscurely or darkly.
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Suboccipital :: Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.
Popple :: Popple (v. i.) To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension..
Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob..
Bobwhite :: Bobwhite (n.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note..
Bobbing :: Bobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bo.
Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..
Bobac :: Bobac (n.) The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).
Tailed :: Tailed (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc..
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