fob

[H. German fuppe =a pocket.] A small pocket, especially one used as a receptacle for a watch. *fob (1), v . t . & i . [Ger. foppen to mock, to banter.] IMG:content-1836.png:[graphic] A. Transitive: 1. To beat, to chastise. 2. To cheat, to trick, to take in, to impose upon. B. In trans.: To cheat, to defraud. To fob off : To put off, to shift off. "You must not think to fob of our disgrace with a tale; but, an't please you, deliver." --Shakesp .: Coriolanus , i. 1. fob (2), v . i . [Onomatopoetic.] To breath hard; to gasp as from violent running; to pant. *fō-bus, s . [Etymology doubtful.] A term of reproach. "Ay, you old fob us." - Wycherley: Plain Dealer , ii. 1. *fō-cage (cage as kig), s. [Latin focus =a hearth.] House bote or firebote (q. v.). fo-cal, a . [Fr. focal , from Lat. focus (q. v.).] 1. Lit. (Math. & Physics): Of or belonging to a focus. 2. Fig .: Constituting the point or place whence any influence emanates; a center-point. "In 1691, Titus, in order to be near the focal point of political intrigue and faction, had taken a house within the precinct of White hall."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. IMG:content-1837.jpg:[blocks in formation] "Give my horse to Timon, Ask nothing, give it him; it foals me straight And able horses." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, ii. 1. B. In trans.: To bring forth a foal. "About September take your mares into the house, where keep them till they foal ." -Mortimer : Husbandry. foal-foot, fole-foot, foles-foth, s. [Eng. foal , Bot.: Various plants. (1) Tu ilago farfara , (2) Ranunculus ficaria , (3) Asarum europæum or Ne pet a glechoma . ( Britten & Holland .) Mil.: A detachment of men employed in skir and foot . So named from the shape of the leaves.] mishing round an enemy. flying-phalanger, s . Zool.: The marsupial genus Petaurus, belonging to the family Phalangastide (Phalangers). A fold of skin connects the fore and hind limbs with the sides. This enables them to take long flying leaps. flying-pinion, s. Horol.: The fly of a clock. [FLY, 8., B. 2.] flying-sap, 8. Mil .: The rapid excavation of the trenches of an attack, when each man advances under cover of two gabions. Flying-Scotch man, s. A nickname for the expre train running between London and Edinburgh. flying-sheets, s. pl. Bibliog.: Broadsheets.