bobbin lace
         n 1: a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on
               bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins
               [syn: {pillow lace}, {bobbin lace}]

English Dictionary: befummeln	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bepommel \Be*pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bepommeled}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Bepommeling}.]       To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail       or criticise in conversation, or in writing. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bepommel \Be*pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bepommeled}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Bepommeling}.]       To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail       or criticise in conversation, or in writing. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bepommel \Be*pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bepommeled}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Bepommeling}.]       To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail       or criticise in conversation, or in writing. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bobbin \Bob"bin\, n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L.       bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael.       baban tassel, or E. bob.]       1. A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most             commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each             thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down             holding the thread at a slight tension.          2. A spool or reel of various material and construction, with             a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole             bored through its length by which it may be placed on a             spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in             spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.          3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch             string, which is pulled to raise the latch.          4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.          5. (Elec.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated             wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes             magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical             current.          {Bobbin and fly frame}, a roving machine.          {Bobbin lace}, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow             lace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buffoonly \Buf*foon"ly\, a.       Low; vulgar. [R.]                   Apish tricks and buffoonly discourse.      --Goodman.