Fob (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fobbed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Fobbing.]
1. To beat; to maul.
2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Shak.
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.