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

Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.

Bob :: Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A shilling.

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.

Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..

Bob-cherry :: Bob-cherry (n.) A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth..

Bobtail :: Bobtail (n.) An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

Bob Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.

Bobtailed :: Bobtailed (a.) Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat..

Bobbing :: Bobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bo.

Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..

Bobbed :: Bobbed (imp. & p. p.) 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..

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..

Bone :: Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..

Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The bobolink.

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