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Traditional English :: hobby(1)
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hobbyist.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a favourite leisure-time activity or occupation. 2 archaic a small horse. 3 hist. an early type of velocipede. hobbyist n. [ME hobyn, hoby, f. pet-forms of Robin: cf. DOBBIN] |
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Traditional English :: hobby(2)
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hobbyist.html - n. (pl. -ies) any of several small long-winged falcons, esp. Falco subbuteo, catching prey on the wing. [ME f. OF hob÷, hobet dimin. of hobe small bird of prey] |
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Traditional English :: hobby-horse
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hobbyist.html - n. 1 a child's toy consisting of a stick with a horse's head. 2 a preoccupation; a favourite topic of conversation. 3 a model of a horse, esp. of wicker, used in morris dancing etc. 4 a rocking horse. 5 a horse on a merry-go-round. |
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Traditional English :: hobbit
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hobbyist.html - n. a member of an imaginary race of half-sized people in stories by Tolkien. hobbitry n. [invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, Engl. writer d. 1973, and said by him to mean 'hole-dweller'] |
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Traditional English :: hobble
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hobbyist.html - v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a walk lamely; limp. b proceed haltingly in action or speech (hobbled lamely to his conclusion).
2 tr. a tie together the legs of (a horse etc.) to prevent it from straying. b tie (a horse's etc. legs).
3 tr. cause (a person etc.) to limp. --n. 1 an uneven or infirm gait.
2 a rope, clog, etc. used for hobbling a horse etc. hobble skirt a skirt so narrow at the hem as to impede walking. hobbler n. [ME, prob. f. LG: cf. HOPPLE and Du. hobbelen rock from side to side] |
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Traditional English :: hobbledehoy
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hobbyist.html - n.
colloq.
1 a clumsy or awkward youth.
2 a hooligan. [16th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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