SG Heritage Dictionary

Bobbin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A small pin or cylindrical piece of wood, with a head, on which thread is wound for making lace. A similar instrument, bored through to receive an iron pivot, and with a border at each end, is used in spinning, to wind thread or silk on; a spool.

Bobbin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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.

3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.

4. A fine cord or narrow braid.

5. 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.

Bobbinet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand.

Bobbing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Playing back and forth; striking; cheating; angling for eels.

Bobbing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Bob

Bobbinwork [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Work woven with bobbins.

2. Among children, a play in which a cherry is hung so as to bob against the mouth.

Bobbinwork [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Work woven with bobbins.