catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

Query string:
Search type:
Database:

Database copyright information
Server information

35 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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. (Zo["o]l.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being
        round like a head.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) A young herring. --B. Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cob \Cob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Cobbing.]
     1. To strike [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
     2. (Mining) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort
        out its better portions. --Raymond.
  
     3. (Naut.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a
        strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich
        covetous person. [Obs.]
  
              All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies
              and their bags their god, are called rich cobs.
                                                    --Nash.
  
     3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn
        grow. [U. S.]
  
     4. (Zo["o]l.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being
        round like a head.
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) A young herring. --B. Jonson.
  
     6. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.
  
     7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the
        saddle. [Eng.]
  
     8. (Zo["o]l.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull
        ({Larus marinus). [Written also cobb.]
  
     9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large
        size, as of coal, or stone.
  
     10. A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut. [Eng.]
  
     11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.]
  
               The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for
               his walls, and thatch for his covering. --R. Carew.
  
     12. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the
         buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. --Wright.
  
     13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut
         4s. 6d. [Obs.] --Wright.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cob
     Middle Irish n.
     (lb mga poetic) victory
     n.
     A corncob.
     vb.
     To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an
  artificial equivalent.
     n.
     A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a
  strap or a flat piece of wood.
     vb.
     To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
     n.
     (abbreviation of en cobble)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  COB
     Spanish n.
     {acronym+of|es|(w:+Club+Ourense+Baloncesto)" rel="nofollow">{acronym of|es|(w: Club Ourense Baloncesto)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cob
     n.
     A corncob.
     vb.
     To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an
  artificial equivalent.
     n.
     A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a
  strap or a flat piece of wood.
     vb.
     To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
     n.
     (abbreviation of en cobble)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  COB
     n.
     1 (lb en US military) (initialism of en contingency operating base)
     2 (lb en military) (acronym of en chief of boat)
     3 (initialism of en close of business nodot=1); the end of day on a
  business day.
     4 Coordination of Benefits
     5 Chairman of the Board
     6 Chip on Board
     n.
     1 (w: Clive's Original Band), band started by (w Clive Palmer
  (musician) Clive Palmer) after he left (w: The Incredible String Band).
     2 (lb en sports) (abbreviation of en Cobourg)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cob
     Middle Irish n.
     (lb mga poetic) victory
     n.
     A corncob.
     vb.
     To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an
  artificial equivalent.
     n.
     A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a
  strap or a flat piece of wood.
     vb.
     To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
     n.
     (abbreviation of en cobble)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  COB
     Spanish n.
     {acronym+of|es|(w:+Club+Ourense+Baloncesto)" rel="nofollow">{acronym of|es|(w: Club Ourense Baloncesto)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cob
     Middle Irish n.
     (lb mga poetic) victory
     n.
     A corncob.
     vb.
     To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an
  artificial equivalent.
     n.
     A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a
  strap or a flat piece of wood.
     vb.
     To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
     n.
     (abbreviation of en cobble)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  COB
     Spanish n.
     {acronym+of|es|(w:+Club+Ourense+Baloncesto)" rel="nofollow">{acronym of|es|(w: Club Ourense Baloncesto)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cob
     Englanti n.
     1 maissintähkä
     2 urospuolinen joutsen, urosjoutsen
     3 eräs ratsuhevostyyppi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cob
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=djurhanar språk=en) svanhane; svan av manligt kön
     2 klippare; liten men duglig ridhäst
     3 ''kort för'' corncob; majskolv

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cob /kˈɒb/
  ذكر الأوز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cob //kɑb// //kɒb// 
  1. кирпич
  building material of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth
  2. мъжки лебед
  male swan

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  cob /kˈɒb/ 
  bochníček