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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cob \cob\, n. cf. as. cop, copp, head, top, d. kop, g. kopf,
   kuppe, ll. cuppa cup cf. e. brainpan, and also w. cob tuft,
   spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. cf. cop
   top, cup, n.
   1. the top or head of anything. obs. --w. gifford.
      1913 webster

   2. a leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich
      covetous person. obs.
      1913 webster

            all cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies
            and their bags their god, are called rich cobs.
                                                  --nash.
      1913 webster

   3. the axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn
      grow. u. s.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. a spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round
      like a head.
      1913 webster

   5. zool. a young herring. --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

   6. zool. a fish; -- also called miller's thumb.
      1913 webster

   7. a short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the
      saddle. eng.
      1913 webster

   8. zool. a sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull
      larus marinus. written also cobb.
      1913 webster

   9. a lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large
      size, as of coal, or stone.
      1913 webster

   10. a cobnut; as, kentish cobs. see cobnut. eng.
       1913 webster

   11. clay mixed with straw. prov. eng.
       1913 webster

             the poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for
             his walls, and thatch for his covering. --r. carew.
       1913 webster

   12. a punishment consisting of blows inflictod on tho
       buttocas with a strap or a flat piece of wood. --wright.
       1913 webster

   13. a spanish coin formerly current in ireland, worth abiut
       4s. 6d. obs. --wright.
       1913 webster

   cob coal, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to
      that of a football; -- called also cobbles. --grose.

   cob loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. --wright.

   cob money, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of
      spanish south america in the eighteenth century. the coins
      were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its
      aliquot parts.
      1913 webster
see also:
cop cup miller's thumb larus marinus cobb cobnut 
cob coal cobbles cob loaf cob money 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cob \cob\, v. t. imp.  p. p. cobbed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   cobbing.
   1. to strike prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   2. mining to break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort
      out its better portions. --raymond.
      1913 webster

   3. naut. to punish by striking on the buttocks with a
      strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.
      1913 webster cobaea
see also:
cobbed cobbing 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cob
     n 1: nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus syn: hazelnut,
           filbert, cobnut
     2: stocky short-legged harness horse
     3: white gull having a black back and wings syn: black-backed
        gull, great black-backed gull, larus marinus
     4: adult male swan
see also:
hazelnut filbert cobnut black-backed gull great black-backed gull larus marinus 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 moby thesaurus words for "cob":
   ambler, auricle, bang, cap, corncob, ding, ear, ear of corn,
   exceed, excel, gaited horse, galloper, high-stepper, mealie, outdo,
   outmatch, outshine, outstrip, pacer, pad, padnag, prancer, racker,
   side-wheeler, single-footer, spike, stepper, trotter





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The Welsh Pony and Cob Society
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Centrum Ondergronds Bouwen - COB
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News | Cob Cottage Company
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http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage, score=91, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:50 am

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