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bob⋅bin

  [bob-in]
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–noun
1. a reel, cylinder, or spool upon which yarn or thread is wound, as used in spinning, machine sewing, lacemaking, etc.
2. Electricity.
a. a spoollike form around which a coil of insulated wire is wound to provide an inductance.
b. the coil itself.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF bobine hank of thread, perh. bob- an expressive base akin to bob 2 + -ine -ine 2
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bob·bin   (bŏb'ĭn)   
n.  
  1. A spool or reel that holds thread or yarn for spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, or making lace.
  2. Narrow braid formerly used as trimming.

[French bobine.]
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Bobbin

Bob"bin\, n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L. bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael. baban tassel, or E. bob.]

1. A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension.

2. A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.

3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.

4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

5. (Elec.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current.

Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine.

Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow lace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : bobbin
Spanish: bobina, carrete, canilla,
German: die Spule,
Japanese: 糸巻き
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bobbin 
1530, from Fr. bobine, small instrument used in sewing or tapestry-making, probably connected with bobbinet "cotton net," or perhaps from L. balbus (see babble) for the stuttering, stammering noise it made.
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