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

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

Suboccipital :: Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.

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

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..

Reedbird :: Reedbird (n.) The bobolink.

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 knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..

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..

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..

Noddy :: Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

Popple :: Popple (v. i.) To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble..

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.

Bob :: Bob (n.) A shilling.

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..

Bob :: Bob (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.

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

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..

Kabob :: Kabob (n. & v. t.) See Cabob, n. & v. t..

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