Part 5326

<h1>Hobblebush</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"ble*bush`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A low bush (<spn>Viburnum lantanoides</spn>) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also <altname>shinhopple</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hobbledehoy, Hobbletehoy</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw><hw>Hob"ble*de*hoy`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hob"ble*te*hoy`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hobbetyhoy</asp>, <asp>hobbarddehoy</asp>, <asp>hobbedehoy</asp>, <asp>hobdehoy</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[ Cf. Prob. E. <ets>hobbledygee</ets> with a limping movement; also F. <ets>hobereau</ets>, a country squire, E. <ets>hobby</ets>, and OF. <ets>hoi</ets> to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.]</ety> <def>A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>All the men, boys, and <b>hobbledehoys</b> attached to the farm. <i>Dickens. .</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hobbler</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hobbles.</def>

<h1>Hobbler</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"bler</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. also <ets>hobeler</ets>, OF. <ets>hobelier</ets>, LL. <ets>hobellarius</ets>. See <er>Hobby</er> a horse.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld> <def>One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.</def>

<i>Hallam. Sir J. Davies.</i>

<h1>Hobblingly</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"bling*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With a limping step.</def>

<h1>Hobbly</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"bly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a <i>hobbly</i> road.</def>

<h1>Hobby</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hobbies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>hobi</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>hobe</ets>, <ets>hob\'82</ets>, F. <ets>hobereau</ets> a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. <ets>hober</ets> to move, stir. Cf. <er>Hobby</er> a horse.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small, strong-winged European falcon (<spn>Falco subbuteo</spn>), formerly trained for hawking.</def>

<h1>Hobby, Hobbyhorse</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw><hw>Hob"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hob"by*horse`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hobin</ets> a nag, OF. <ets>hobin</ets> hobby; cf. <ets>hober</ets> to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. <ets>hoppe</ets> a mare, dial. Sw. <ets>hoppa</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>hop</ets> to jump.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride.</def> <altsp>[ Usually under the form <asp>hobbyhorse</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.</def> <altsp>[Usually under the form <asp>hobby</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Not one of them has any <b>hobbyhorse</b>, to use the phrase of Sterne. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hobbyhorsical</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob`by*hors"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.</def><mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Sterne.</i>

<h1>Hobgoblin</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"gob`lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d Hob, and <er>Goblin</er>.]</ety> <def>A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>