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

Reedbird :: Reedbird (n.) The bobolink.

Bobwhite :: Bobwhite (n.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note..

Dropper :: Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly..

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..

Bobtail :: Bobtail (a.) Bobtailed.

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

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

Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.

Butterbird :: Butterbird (n.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

Bobbing :: Bobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bo.

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

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

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..

Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

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.

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..

Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

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

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

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