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

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

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..

Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..

Bobbery :: Bobbery (n.) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery..

Black Hole :: Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air..

Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.

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..

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 Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.

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.

Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs..

Bobtail :: Bobtail (n.) An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

Bobsled :: Bobsled (n.) Alt. of Bobsleig.

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.

Bobby :: Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler..

Suboccipital :: Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.

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..

Bobance :: Bobance (n.) A boasting.

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