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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
BOB, n. Any little round thing, that plays loosely at the end of a string, cord, or movable machine; a little ornament or pendant that hangs so as to play loosely.
Our common people apply the word to a knot of worms, on a string,used in fishing for eels.
BOB, v.i. To play backward and forward; to play loosely against any thing.
1913 Definition
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.
In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used
in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow, A small piece of cork or light wood attached to
a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the
ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded
edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a
bob of the head.
A working beam.
A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob
wig.
A plain brown bob he wore. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on
bells.
The refrain of a song.
To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the
fist.
A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a
trick.
He that a fool doth very wisely hit, A shilling.
[Slang, Eng.]
Dickens. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner] to
move (a thing) with a bob.
"He bobbed his head." W.
Irving. To strike with a quick, light blow; to
tap.
If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was
suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to
filch.
Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. To mock or delude; to cheat.
To play her pranks, and bob the fool, To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a
horse's tail.
To have a
short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely
against anything.
"Bobbing and courtesying."
Thackeray. To angle with a bob. See Bob,
He ne'er had learned the art to bob To bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water. | ||||||||
