Definition of bob

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Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3..

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Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.
Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
Bobbery :: Bobbery (n.) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery..
Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A working beam.
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..
Bone :: Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace..
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Bobsled :: Bobsled (n.) Alt. of Bobsleig.
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.
Bobbing :: Bobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bo.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension..
Purfile :: Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.
Bob :: 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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