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Bobbin

a reel or other similar con trivance for holding thread. It is often a cylindrical piece of wood with a head, on which thread is wound for making lace; or a spool with a head at one or both ends, intended to have thread or yarn wound on it, and used in spinning machinery and in sewing machines. net, originally imitated from the lace made by means of a pillow and bobbins.

BOCARDO famous grounds of the Pitti Palace at BOBOLI (bob'ō-lē) GARDENS, the by Jean de Bologne.

Florence. They contain many fine statues and the Isoletto fountain, designed REED

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