Dobby

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dobby \Dob"by\, n. (Weaving)
     An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures
     (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40
     threads).
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]