† bob-woodn.Obsolete a bob or float used with a harpoon.
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bob-wood1697
1697 W. DampierNew Voy. around World iii. 35 At the other end of his staff [sc. for a Harpoon] there is a piece of light Wood called Bobwood, with a hole in it, through which the small end of the staff comes.