nob (2)

[A shortened form of nobleman (q. v.).] A member of the aristocracy; a swell. "The high principle that Nature's nobs felt with Nature's nobs." - Dickens: Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. viii. In this sense it is used with "hill" as a compound, "Nob-hill" describing a certain portion of San Francisco in which reside many of the aristoc racy or wealthy people of that city. nob (3), s. [KNOBSTICK.] nob-bi-ly, adv. [Eng. nobby: -ly.] In a nobby manner; showily, grandly. ( Slang.) nob-ble (1), v. t. [NOB (1), s.] 1. To hit on the head, to stun. 2. To lame or otherwise injure a horse, so that it may be unable to run for a race. ( Racing Slang . ) nob-ble (2), v . t . [Perhaps connected with nab.] To steal; to get po e ion of dishonestly. " Nobbling her money for the beauty of the family."Thackeray: New comes , ch. lxxvii. nobbler (1), nob-ler, s . [Eng. nobbl(e); -er.] 1. A blow on the head; a finishing stroke. 2. A dram of spirits. ( Australian .) nobbler (2), s. [Eng.nobbl(e); -er.] A thimblerigger's confederate. ( Slang .)