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   Bob, v. i.
   To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. “Bobbing and courtesying.”
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   To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.
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   He ne'er had learned the art to bob
   For anything but eels.
   Saxe.
   
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   To bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water.
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   Cherry , n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. κερασός, perh. fr. κέρας horn, from the hardness of the wood.]
   (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Médoc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; Prunus Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; Prunus avium and Prunus Padus, European trees (bird cherry).
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   The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
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   The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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   A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
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   Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes. -- Cherry bird (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. -- Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar. -- Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. -- Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Prunus Lauro-cerasus) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. -- Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum (Capsicum cerasiforme), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. -- Cherry pit. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. Shak. (b) A cherry stone. -- Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped. -- Cherry sucker (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper cherry snipe. -- Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries. -- Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.
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   Cherry , a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
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