Part 1239

<blockquote>The English machine-made net is now confined to point net, warp net, and <b>bobbin net</b>, so called from the peculiar construction of the machines by which they are produced. <i>Tomlinsom.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bobbinwork</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"bin*work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Work woven with bobbins.</def>

<h1>Bobbish</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"bish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hearty; in good spirits.</def> <mark>[Low, Eng.]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Bobby</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir <i>Robert</i> Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Bob-cherry</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"-cher`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.</def>

<h1>Bobfly</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"fly`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Fishing)</fld> <def>The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.</def>

<h1>Bobolink</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"o*link`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An American singing bird (<spn>Dolichonyx oryzivorus</spn>). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, <altname>ricebird</altname>, <altname>reedbird</altname>, and <altname>Boblincoln</altname>.</def>

<blockquote>The happiest bird of our spring is the <b>bobolink</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bobsled, Bobsleigh</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw><hw>Bob"sled`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bob"sleigh`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<blockquote>The long wagon body set on <b>bobsleds</b>. <i>W. D. Howells.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bobstay</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"stay`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bob</ets> + <ets>stay</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the <tt>pl.</tt></def>

<h1>Bobtail</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bob</ets> + <ets>tail</ets>.]</ety> <def>An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Rag</col>, <col>tag</col>, <col>and bobtail</col></mcol>, <cd>the rabble.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bobtail</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bob"tail`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bobtailed.</def> "<i>Bobtail</i> cur."

<i>Marryat.</i>

<h1>Bobtailed</h1> <Xpage=161>