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Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

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

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

Purfile :: Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) A working beam.

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap..

Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.

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

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)..

Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The bobolink.

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

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..

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

Nabob :: Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth..

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..

Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current..

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