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Bob :: Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..

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

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

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

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..

Bobolink :: Bobolink (n.) An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln..

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..

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.

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..

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

Plumb :: Plumb (n.) A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below..

Marmot :: Marmot (n.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..

Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything..

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob..

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

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A fine cord or narrow braid.

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11..

Colin :: Colin (n.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.

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