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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..

Cocobolas :: Cocobolas (n.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles..

Cocobolo :: Cocobolo (n.) Alt. of Cocobola.

Discoboli :: Discoboli (pl. ) of Discobolu.

Discobolus :: Discobolus (n.) A thrower of the discus.

Discobolus :: Discobolus (n.) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it..

Hypobole :: Hypobole (n.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order..

Kobold :: Kobold (n.) A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow..

Myrobolan :: Myrobolan (n.) A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America..

Obolary :: Obolary (a.) Possessing only small coins; impoverished.

Obole :: Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple..

Oboli :: Oboli (pl. ) of Obolu.

Obolize :: Obolize (v. t.) See Obelize.

Obolo :: Obolo (n.) A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value..

Obolus :: Obolus (n.) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value..

Obolus :: Obolus (n.) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm..

Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..

Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A sucker, as of tree or shrub..

Soboliferous :: Soboliferous (a.) Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.

Triobolar :: Triobolar (a.) Alt. of Triobolar.

Triobolary :: Triobolary (a.) Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless..