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

Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..

Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.

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

Subobtuse :: Subobscurely (adv.) Somewhat obscurely or darkly.

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..

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 (n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line..

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-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..

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

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

Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.

Bone :: Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace..

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

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

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.

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

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