Hob

HOB

-noun

1. the flat top part of a cooking stove, or a separate flat surface, containing hotplates or burners

2. a shelf beside an open fire, for keeping kettles, etc, hot

3. a steel pattern used in forming a mould or die in cold metal

4. a hard steel rotating cutting tool used in machines for cutting gears

-verb

5. (trans.) to cut or form with a hob

-noun

1. a hobgoblin or elf

2. a male ferret

Hidden at the top of the mountain
In the midst of trees and moss
Hobs wait  for a waking moment
Some unfortunate movement
Easily construed as provocation