Any little round thing, that plays loosely at the end of a string, cord, or movable machine; a little ornament or pendant that hangs so as to play loosely. Our common people apply the word to a knot of worms, on a string, used in fishing for eels.

The words repeated at the end of a stanza.

A blow; a shake or jog; a jeer or flout.

The ball of a short pendulum.

Amode of ringing.

A bob-wig.

To play backward and forward; to play loosely against any thing.

To angle, or fish for eels, or to catch eels with a bob.