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A fairy; a sprite; an elf. [Obs.] From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . . Defend us, good Heaven ! Beau. & FL.

Same as Hobnob. Tennyson.

The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (

One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.

To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.

's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.

branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.

th between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [Colloq.] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

One who hobbles.

With a limping step.

Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.

A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. Johnson.

Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.

A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.

A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. [Obs.] Brande & C.

A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.

A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.

See with hobnails, as a shoe.

At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.