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hob1 1. a steel pattern used in forming a mould or die in cold metal 2. a hard steel rotating cutting tool used in machines for cutting gears hob2 1. a hobgoblin or elf 2. a male ferret hob [häb] (design engineering) A master model made from hardened steel which is used to press the shape of a plastics mold into a block of soft steel. (mechanical engineering) A rotary cutting tool with its teeth arranged along a helical thread; used for generating gear teeth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He was a bachelor (he told me all that is to be known about woman), a lean man, pallid of face, his legs drawn up when he walked as if he was ever carrying something in his lap; his walks were of the shortest, from the teapot on the hob to the board on which he stitched, from the board to the hob, and so to bed. Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed. Newman Noggs did not say that he had hunted up the old furniture they saw, from attic and cellar; or that he had taken in the halfpennyworth of milk for tea that stood upon a shelf, or filled the rusty kettle on the hob, or collected the woodchips from the wharf, or begged the coals. |
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