Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait..

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Bobsled :: Bobsled (n.) Alt. of Bobsleig.
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..
Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs..
Bobbinet :: Bobbinet (n.) A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand..
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..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Bobac :: Bobac (n.) The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).
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..
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3..
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..
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..
Reedbird :: Reedbird (n.) The bobolink.
Bobwhite :: Bobwhite (n.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note..
Bobance :: Bobance (n.) A boasting.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
Bob Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.
Quail :: Quail (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica)..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A working beam.
Colin :: Colin (n.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
Tag-rag :: Tag-rag (n. & a.) The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail..
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