noun. A shelf or projection at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food or utensils warm.

noun. A tool used for cutting the teeth of machine parts, as of a gearwheel.

noun. A hobgoblin, sprite, or elf.

noun. Mischievous behavior.

noun. A milling-machine cutter used in forming the teeth of worm-gears.

noun. A master die; a steel punch cut to a certain design, used for making coining-dies.

noun. A countryman; a rustic; an awkward, clownish fellow.

noun. A sprite; an elf; a hobgoblin.

noun. A round stick, stake, or pin used as a mark to throw at in certain games, as in quoits or the game called hob.

noun. A boys' game in which halfpence are set on the end of a round stick (the hob), at which something (as a stone) is pitched.

noun. A hardened threaded steel mandrel for cutting a comb or chasing-tool.

noun. The nave of a wheel: same as hub, 7.

noun. A structure inserted in a fireplace to diminish its width, originally introduced when broad open fireplaces were first fitted with grates for the burning of coal; also, the level top of such a structure, forming a space upon which any thing can be set which it is desired to keep hot.

noun. The shoe of a sledge.

noun. The hub of a wheel. See Hub.

noun. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

noun. A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.

noun. A peg, pin, or mark used as a target in some games, as an iron pin in quoits; also, a game in which such a target is used.

noun. The male ferret.

noun. A fairy; a sprite; an elf.

noun. A countryman; a rustic; a clown.

noun. A fairy; a sprite; an elf.

noun. A countryman; a rustic or yokel.

noun. A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

noun. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

noun. The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.

noun. A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits

noun. A male ferret.

verb. To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.

verb. To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.

noun. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

noun. a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears

noun. a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm

verb. cut with a hob

noun. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings