hob1
  
  n.
   - Brit. a cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners. 
▸a flat metal shelf at the side of a fireplace, used for heating pans.
 - a machine tool for cutting gears or screw threads.
 - a peg or pin used as a mark in throwing games.
 
 
  Etymology
  C16 (in sense 3): alt. of hub.
 
  
    
hob2
  
  n.
  - a male ferret. Compare with gill4.
 - archaic or dialect a hobgoblin.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - play 
(or raise)
 hob
 N. Amer. cause mischief. 
    
   
  Etymology
  ME (in the sense ‘country fellow’): familiar form of Rob, short for Robin or Robert.