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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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BOB'BIN, n. A small pin or cylindrical piece of wood, with a head, on which thread is wound for making lace. A similar instrument, bored through to receive an iron pivot, and with a border at each end,is used in spinning, to wind thread or silk on; a spool.
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.
Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine. -- Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins] pillow lace. | ||||||||