BPage 198
- English Word Boatman Definition A boat bug. See Boat bug.
- English Word Boatmanship Definition The art of managing a boat.
- English Word Boatmen Definition of Boatman
- English Word Boatsman Definition A boatman.
- English Word Boatswain Definition An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.
- English Word Boatswain Definition The jager gull.
- English Word Boatswain Definition The tropic bird.
- English Word Boatwoman Definition A woman who manages a boat.
- English Word Boatwomen Definition of Boatwoman
- English Word Bob Definition Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.
- English Word Bob Definition A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
- English Word Bob Definition A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
- English Word Bob Definition The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
- English Word Bob Definition A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
- English Word Bob Definition A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
- English Word Bob Definition A working beam.
- English Word Bob Definition A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
- English Word Bob Definition A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
- English Word Bob Definition The refrain of a song.
- English Word Bob Definition A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
- English Word Bob Definition A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
- English Word Bob Definition A shilling.
- English Word Bob Definition To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
- English Word Bob Definition To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
- English Word Bob Definition To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
- English Word Bob Definition To mock or delude; to cheat.
- English Word Bob Definition To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
- English Word Bob Definition To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.
- English Word Bob Definition To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.
- English Word Bob wig Definition A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.