hob-nob | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

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hob or nob
Will you hob or nob with me? a question formerly in fashion at polite tables, signifying a request o...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hob-a-nob
To drink cosily; the act of touching glasses in pledging a health. An early and extensive custom fal...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Hob
·noun A countryman; a rustic; a clown. II. Hob ·add. ·noun The male ferret. III. Hob ·noun A fairy...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
hob
a clown. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hob
the back of the chimney : to make a hob, to make a false step ; probably hence to hobble. N. > a na...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Nob
·noun The <<Head>>. II. Nob ·noun A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Nob
discourse; prophecy ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Nob
High place, a city of the priests, first mentioned in the history of David's wanderings (1 Sam. 21:1...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
nob
1) A king. A man of rank. 2) The head. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
nob
The head; therefore applied to a person in a high station of life. (See knob.) ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Nob
(high place) (1 Samuel 22:19; Nehemiah 11:32) a sacerdotal city in the tribe of Benjamin and situate...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
jolly nob
The head. I'll lump your jolly nob for you; I'll give you a knock on the head. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
nob girder
A bridle. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
dicked in the nob
Silly. Crazed. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose