hob

Etymology 1
Related to, but the ultimate origin of both words is obscure.

Noun

 * 1) A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
 * 2)  The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
 * 3) * 1898,, , Book the Second, Chapter V (The Jackal):
 * They went into a dingy room lined with books and littered with papers, where there was a blazing fire. A kettle steamed upon the hob, and in the midst of the wreck of papers a table shone, with plenty of wine upon it, and brandy, and rum, and sugar, and lemons.
 * 1)  The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
 * 2) A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
 * 3) A male ferret.
 * 4) The hub of a wheel.
 * 5) * August 31 1776,, letter to the President of Congress
 * the wheels of the carriages sinking up to the hobs rendered it impossible for our whole force to drag them.
 * the wheels of the carriages sinking up to the hobs rendered it impossible for our whole force to drag them.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: винторез
 * Finnish: vierintäjyrsin
 * French:
 * German:, Fräskopf
 * Italian:
 * Russian: червя́чная фреза́


 * Armenian: եփող մակերես
 * Bulgarian: котло́н
 * Finnish:
 * French: plan de cuisson
 * German: ;  ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: piano cottura
 * Norman: grais
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ва́рочная пане́ль
 * Spanish: placa de cocción, encimera de cocina


 * Russian:


 * Hungarian: hím vadászgörény
 * Italian:
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
 * 2)  To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.

Etymology 2
From (a diminutive of, an  diminutive of ), through its connection with Robin Goodfellow and (later) the devil. Compare ; see.

Noun

 * 1)  A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.
 * 2)  A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
 * 1)  A countryman; a rustic or yokel.

Synonyms

 * See 

Etymology
From, from , from , from , cognate with 🇨🇬. Late 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 are also borrowed from Low German.

Noun

 * 1) crowd, multitude
 * 2)  common people
 * 3) heap
 * 4)  heap