dobby
Noun
A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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He understood Greek, Latin, and Hebrew; and, therefore, according to the apprehension, and in the phrase of his brother Wilfred, needed not to care “for ghaist or bar-ghaist, devil or dobbie.”
'Twas no livin' woman, for she couldn't rise that height above the water, as they well knew when they came to think; and knew it was a dobby they saw; and ye may be sure they didn't spare prayer and blessin', and went on their course straight before the wind; […].
A dotard.
Usage- Archaic
- Countable
- Uncountable
The children's game of tag.
Usage- Uncountable
Word forms
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