Definition of bob

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

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Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..
Bobber :: Bobber (n.) One who, or that which, bobs..
Bobbed :: Bobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.
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..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..
Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.
Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A shilling.
Tailed :: Tailed (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
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..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..
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..
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Bob Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.
Bobby :: Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler..
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.
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