Vocabulary : Bobbin to Bobsled

Bobbin : 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. ;; A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc. ;; The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch. ;; A fine cord or narrow braid. ;; 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.
Bobbinet : A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand.
Bobbing : of Bob
Bobbinwork : Work woven with bobbins.
Bobbish : Hearty; in good spirits.

Bobby : A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.
Bob-cherry : A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.
Bobfly : The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
Bobolink : An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.
Bobsled : Alt. of Bobsleigh

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