different between foy vs fob

English

Etymology

From Middle French foy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)

1. (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
2. (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
   • 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,

     To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French foi.

Noun

foy f (plural foys)

1. faith
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.

     Lord God remove me from this torment in which these traiterous dogs are holding, to help me keep your faith.

Descendants

• French: foi

Portuguese

Verb

foy

1. Obsolete spelling of foi

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?b, IPA^(key): /f?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

From German Low German Fobke (“pocket”) or German (East Prussian dialect) Fuppe (“pocket”).

Noun

fob (plural fobs)

1. A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket.

   1711 Jonathan Swift, Windsor Prophecy:

   • With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob.

2. A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
3. A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below)
4. A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.

Derived terms

• fob watch

Usage notes

• The Jonathan Swift quote indicates that the word "fob" at that time period did not specifically apply to an object attached to the chain or watch.
• A "fob" attached directly to the watch serves as an ornament and or as a grip for more easily pulling the watch from the watch pocket.
• A fob attached to a drooping chain would be mainly an ornament.

Translations

Etymology 2

German foppen (“to mock”)

Alternative forms

• fub

Verb

fob (third-person singular simple present fobs, present participle fobbing, simple past and past participle fobbed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.

   1604 William Shakespeare, Othello, iv, 2:

   • I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobbed in it.

2. (transitive, archaic) To beat; to maul.

Derived terms

• to fob off

Translations

References

• 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, eds., v 2 p 2146.

Anagrams

• BOF, F. B. O., F.B.O., F/B/O, FBO