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Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..

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

Cabob :: Cabob (v. t.) To roast, as a cabob..

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

Tag-rag :: Tag-rag (n. & a.) The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail..

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..

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..

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) A working beam.

Bobwhite :: Bobwhite (n.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note..

Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The bobolink.

Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3..

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

Bobac :: Bobac (n.) The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).

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..

Bobsleigh :: Bobsleigh (n.) A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed..

Bobtail :: Bobtail (a.) Bobtailed.

Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n..

Bobbish :: Bobbish (a.) Hearty; in good spirits.

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