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Nabob :: Nabob (n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.

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..

Tailed :: Tailed (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc..

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

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

Bobbery :: Bobbery (n.) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery..

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..

Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..

Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.

Bob :: Bob (n.) Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail..

Ypres Lace :: Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace..

Traveler :: Traveler (n.) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner..

Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs..

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

Bobby :: Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler..

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

Purfile :: Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.

Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.

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..

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