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bobbin
(encz) | bobbin,cívka n: web |
Bobbin
(gcide) | Bobbin \Bob"bin\, n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael.
baban tassel, or E. bob.]
1. 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.
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2. 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.
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3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch
string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
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4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
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5. (Elec.) 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.
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Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine.
Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow
lace.
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bobbin
(wn) | bobbin
n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other
flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool,
reel] |
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bobbing
(encz) | bobbing,houpání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bobbin
(gcide) | Bobbin \Bob"bin\, n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael.
baban tassel, or E. bob.]
1. 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.
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2. 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.
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3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch
string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
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4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
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5. (Elec.) 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.
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Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine.
Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow
lace.
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Bobbin and fly frame
(gcide) | Bobbin \Bob"bin\, n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael.
baban tassel, or E. bob.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch
string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Elec.) 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.
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Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine.
Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow
lace.
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Bobbin lace
(gcide) | Bobbin \Bob"bin\, n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael.
baban tassel, or E. bob.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch
string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Elec.) 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.
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Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine.
Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow
lace.
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bobbin net
(gcide) | Bobbinet \Bob`bi*net"\, n. [Bobbin + net.]
A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not
by hand. [Sometimes written bobbin net.]
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The English machine-made net is now confined to point
net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called from the
peculiar construction of the machines by which they are
produced. --Tomlinsom.
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Bobbinet
(gcide) | Bobbinet \Bob`bi*net"\, n. [Bobbin + net.]
A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not
by hand. [Sometimes written bobbin net.]
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The English machine-made net is now confined to point
net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called from the
peculiar construction of the machines by which they are
produced. --Tomlinsom.
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Bobbing
(gcide) | Bob \Bob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]
1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a
thing) with a bob. "He bobbed his head." --W. Irving.
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2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
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If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . .
he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants.
--Elyot.
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3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
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Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. --Shak.
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4. To mock or delude; to cheat.
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To play her pranks, and bob the fool,
The shrewish wife began. --Turbervile.
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5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
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bobbinwork
(gcide) | Purfile \Pur"file\, n. [See Purfle.]
A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's
gowns; -- called also bobbinwork. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
[1913 Webster]Bobbinwork \Bob"bin*work`\, n.
Work woven with bobbins.
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Bobbinwork
(gcide) | Purfile \Pur"file\, n. [See Purfle.]
A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's
gowns; -- called also bobbinwork. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
[1913 Webster]Bobbinwork \Bob"bin*work`\, n.
Work woven with bobbins.
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bobbin lace
(wn) | bobbin lace
n 1: a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on
bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins
[syn: pillow lace, bobbin lace] |
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