BOBSTAY
Bob"stay` (, n. Etym: [Bob + stay.] (Naut.)
Defn: A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; — usually in the pl.
BOBTAIL
Bob"tail`, n. Etym: [Bob + tail.]
Defn: An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail. Rag, tag, and bobtail, the rabble.
BOBTAIL
Bob"tail`, a.
Defn: Bobtailed. "Bobtail cur." Marryat.
BOBTAILED
Bob"tailed` (, a.
Defn: Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.
BOBWHITE
Bob"white`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common qua(Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); — so called from its note.