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n. 1. a person who hates England and everything English. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Anglo- + Gr. &unr_; fear. ] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. -- An"glo*phobe n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + bi`os life. ] (Zool.) A beetle which feeds on flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`nqos flower + &unr_; gills, n. pl. ] (Zool.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. -- n. A remedy for hydrophobia. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers.
Syn. -- genus Arceuthobium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; fear. ] Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [ R. ] Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to fear. ] A dread of books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cohobated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohobating. ] [ LL. cohobare; prob. of Arabic origin: cf. F. cohober. ] (Anc. Chem.) To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cohobation. ] (Anc. Chem.) The process of cohobating. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a morbid fear of freezing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. pl. [ Russ. dukhobortsy spirit wrestlers; dukh spirit + bortsy wrestlers. ] A Russian religious sect founded about the middle of the 18th century at Kharkov. They believe that Christ was wholly human, but that his soul reappears from time to time in mortals. They accept the Ten Commandments and the “useful” portions of the Bible, but deny the need of rulers, priests, or churches, and have no confessions, icons, or marriage ceremonies. They are communistic, opposed to any violence, and unwilling to use the labor of animals. Driven out of Russia proper, many have emigrated to Cyprus and Canada. See Raskolnik, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`ntosthe from within + -blast. ] (Biol.) The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell. Agassiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a person who hates or fears France, French culture, or the French people. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + fo`bos fear. ] Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. akin to hump. Cf. Hub. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The hub of a wheel. See Hub. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A peg, pin, or mark used as a target in some games, as an iron pin in quoits; also, a game in which such a target is used. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Orig. an abbrev. of Robin, Robert; Robin Goodfellow a celebrated fairy, or domestic spirit. Cf. Hobgoblin, and see Robin. ] 1. A fairy; a sprite; an elf. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . .
Defend us, good Heaven ! Beau. & FL. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [ Obs. ] Nares.

n. (Zool.) The male ferret. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } v. i. Same as Hobnob. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hobbled p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling ] [ OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ] 1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. [ 1913 Webster ]

The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. “ They hobbled their horses.” Dickens [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perplex; to embarrass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Hopple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hobbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See Hobby a horse. ] (Eng. Hist.) 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. Hallam. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ } n. [ Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy. ] [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day. ] A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. . [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a limping step. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Hobbies [ OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hobé, F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf. Hobby a horse. ] (Zool.) A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

{ } n. [ OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh. akin to E. hop to jump. ] 1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ Usually under the form hobby. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[ Colloq. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Hob, and Goblin. ] A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ See 2d Hobbler. ] A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. [ Obs. ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Howitzer. ] (Mil.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1st hob + nail. ] 1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See with hobnails, as a shoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hornobbed p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing. ] 1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms; as, to hobnob with the political elite. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab. ] 1. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Familiar, social intercourse. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Hobos or Hoboes /plu>. [ Of uncertain origin. ] A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [ U. S. ] -- Ho"bo*ism n.
Syn. -- tramp; bum; vagrant; knight of the road. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

adv. See Hobnob. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hautboy or oboe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is said to have had its origin in the name of one Hobson, at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and required every customer to take in his turn the horse which stood next the stable door. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strong dislike or fear of homosexuals, especially to an unreasonable degree. [ PJC ]