Fob \Fob\ (f[o^]b), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
   1. A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a {watch  pocket}.
      
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   2. a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch,
      usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to
      conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket.
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   {Fob chain}, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in
      the fob; a fob[2].
      
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Fob \Fob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fobbing}.] [Cf.Fop.]
   
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   1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
      
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   2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. --Shak.
      
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   {To fob off}, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to
      delude with a trick."A conspiracy of bishops could
      prostrate and fob off the right of the people." --Milton.
      
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