[In Smollett's _Ode to Independence_.]
_"Hob and nob," Meaning of._--What is the origin of these words as verbs,
in the phrase "Hob or nob," which means, as I need not inform your readers,
to spend an evening tippling with a jolly companion?
What is the origin of "nob?" And is either of these two words ever used
alone?