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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine. --
Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow lace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bobbin + net. ] A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand. [ Sometimes written bobbin net. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work woven with bobbins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. [ Obs. ] Withals (1608). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or art of catching crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Woolen Manuf.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An old jaded horse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sea gravel mixed with sand. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The body substance of an angler's fly. Davy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being flabby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Gob. ] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C.

(b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. “Heart-robbing gladness.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. London Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jobbing house, a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Stone Quarrying) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small or imperfect ear of maize. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Same as Rabbi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. rabbinique. ] Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins. “Comments staler than rabbinic.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will not buy your rabbinical fumes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rabbinisme. ] 1. A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The teachings and traditions of the rabbins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rabbiniste. ] One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Rabbinist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Ropeband. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Rub, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being scabby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sghabby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being shrubby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being slabby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See 1st Slab. ] Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slabbing machine, a milling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Slub. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slubbing billy, or
Slubbing machine, the machine by which slubs are formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly. Bp. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being stubby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Tabby. ] A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [ Written also tabinet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]