Hob
[hɒb] or [hɑb]
Definition
(noun.) a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm.
(noun.) a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears.
(verb.) cut with a hob.
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Definition
(n.) The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
(n.) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
(n.) A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.
(n.) A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
(n.) A countryman; a rustic; a clown.
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Definition
n. a clownish fellow: a rustic: a fairy.—n. Hob′binoll a rustic.—adj. Hob′bish clownish.—n. Hobgob′lin a mischievous fairy: a frightful apparition.—Play hob to make confusion.
n. the projecting nave of a wheel: a projection on the side of a fireplace on which anything may be laid to keep hot: a game in which coins are placed on the end of a short stick at which stones are thrown those that fall head up going to the thrower—also the round stick used in this game: a hardened threaded steel mandrel used in forming the cutting ends of screw-chasing tools &c.—n. Hob′nail a nail with a thick strong head used in horse-shoes &c.: a clownish fellow.—v.t. to furnish with hobnails: to trample upon with hobnailed shoes.—adj. Hob′nailed.
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Examples
- A hob was the flat part of the open hearth where water and spirits were warmed; and the small table, at which people sat when so engaged, was called a nob. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tea-things were set upon the table, and the kettle was boiling on the hob. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There was a kettle on the hob, as there had been night and day for fifteen years. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Phil announcing it, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, stands his pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Touching glasses together in drinking, preparatory to a confidential talk, has come to be nicknamed hob-nobbing because of the equipment incidental to that action years ago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We're tolerable, sir, I thank you, replied Grace, lifting the boiling mess carefully on to the hob: rather snappish, but not 'rageous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My tea is drawing, and my muffin is on the hob, Mr Wegg; will you partake? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- On the hob, a kettle steamed; on the hearth, a cat reposed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We, being men, took a dark lantern that was standing on Brittle's hob, and groped our way downstairs in the pitch dark,--as it might be so. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Hob and nob, returned the sergeant. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- When the coffee was done, the Jew drew the saucepan to the hob. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He finished it with great deliberation, knocked out the ashes on the hob, and put it by. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What fun it was, especially going by the lions, fighting Apollyon, and passing through the valley where the hob-goblins were, said Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- With these words he pulled up the smock-frock; and, winding it round his middle, drew a chair to the fire, and placed his feet upon the hob. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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