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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Purfile :: Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A shilling.
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom..
Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Bobbed :: Bobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..
Heck :: Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine..
Butterbird :: Butterbird (n.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.
Kabob :: Kabob (n. & v. t.) See Cabob, n. & v. t..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Cabob :: Cabob (v. t.) To roast, as a cabob..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Suboccipital :: Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
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