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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) [[A]] jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) [[A]] short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) To mock or delude; to cheat. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (n.) The refrain of a song. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (n.) [[A]] peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (n.) [[A]] knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig. </p> <p> '''(12):''' (n.) [[A]] working beam. </p> <p> '''(13):''' (n.) [[A]] shilling. </p> <p> '''(14):''' (n.) To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail. </p> <p> '''(15):''' (n.) [[A]] blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist. </p> <p> '''(16):''' (n.) [[A]] small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc. </p> <p> '''(17):''' (n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line. </p> <p> '''(18):''' (n.) [[A]] small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float. </p> <p> '''(19):''' (n.) [[A]] knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait. </p> <p> '''(20):''' (n.) [[Anything]] that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:22, 13 October 2021
Bob [1]
(1): (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.
(2): (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
(3): (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
(4): (n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
(5): (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
(6): (n.) To mock or delude; to cheat.
(7): (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
(8): (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.
(9): (n.) The refrain of a song.
(10): (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
(11): (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
(12): (n.) A working beam.
(13): (n.) A shilling.
(14): (n.) To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
(15): (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
(16): (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
(17): (n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
(18): (n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
(19): (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
(20): (n.) Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.
