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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