Cob

[kɒb] or [kɑb]

Definition

(noun.) adult male swan.

(noun.) stocky short-legged harness horse.

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Definition

(n.) The top or head of anything.

(n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person.

(n.) The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.

(n.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

(n.) A young herring.

(n.) A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.

(n.) A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.

(n.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus).

(n.) A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

(n.) A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut.

(n.) Clay mixed with straw.

(n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.

(n.) A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.

(v. t.) To strike

(v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.

(v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Sea-mew, sea-cob, gull, mew.[2]. Horse (short-legged and stout).[3]. [U. S.] Spike (of maize), corn-cob.

Typed by Keller

Definition

n. a head of maize: a short-legged strong horse for heavy weights: a male swan—also Cob′-swan.—ns. Cob′loaf a large loaf: (Shak.) an expression of contempt; Cob′nut a large variety of the hazel-nut: a game played by children with nuts.

n. a kind of composition of clay and straw for building.—n. Cob′-wall a wall built of this.

v.t. to strike to thump the buttocks.

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