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Bible Dictionaries
Cob
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.
(2):
(n.) A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.
(3):
(n.) A fish; - also called miller's thumb.
(4):
(v. t.) To strike
(5):
(n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
(6):
(n.) A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut.
(7):
(n.) Clay mixed with straw.
(8):
(n.) A young herring.
(9):
(n.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.
(10):
(n.) The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.
(11):
(n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person.
(12):
(n.) The top or head of anything.
(13):
(n.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus).
(14):
(v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.
(15):
(v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.
(16):
(n.) A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cob'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cob.html. 1828.
