n. 1. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.
Syn. -- bob, bobber, cork. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Fishing) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A large, heavy fist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, brutal fellow. [ Obs. ] Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a large fist. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Club + foot. ] (Med.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a clubfoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. same as dumfound.
Syn. -- confuse, perplex, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, trounce, confound, be confusing to, make confused. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. same as astounded.
Syn. -- amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. astonished and confounded.
Syn. -- amazed, dumfounded. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. causing astonishment. [ Narrower terms: incredible (vs. credible), unbelievable ]
Syn. -- astonishing, astounding, dumfounding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The male of the salmon. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the liebfrauenstift, a convent in Worms where the wine was first made. RHUD ] A white Rhenish-type wine produced especially in Hesse in western Germany. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ L. obfirmatus, p. p. of obfirmare to make steadfast. See Ob-, and Firm, v. t. ] To make firm; to harden in resolution. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. obfirmatio. ] Hardness of heart; obduracy. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark. ] Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [ Obs. ] [ Written also offuscate. ] Sir. T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Obfuscated p. pr. & vb. n. Obfuscating. ] 1. To darken; to obscure; to becloud. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear. [ 1913 Webster ]

His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. obfuscatio. ] The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. “Obfuscation of the cornea.” E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat fibrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subfuscus, suffuscus. See Sub-, and Fuscous. ] 1. Same as subfuscous. [ PJC ]

2. Drab; dingy; dull. [ Chiefty Brit. ] [ PJC ]

a. [ L. subfuscus, suffuscus. See Sub-, and Fuscous. ] Duskish; dusky; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.
Syn. -- subfusc{ 1 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subfuscous. [ Obs. ] Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tubfuls As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Webfeet [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any web-footed bird. [ 1913 Webster ]