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Webster's English Dictionary

hobby

n. [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hob, F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf. Hobby a horse.] (Zol.) A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking. ()

n. [OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh. akin to E. hop to jump.]1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. (Johnson.)

2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. ()

3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion. ()

Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. (Macaulay.)