Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lob"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lob \Lob\, n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a
blockhead. Cf. {Looby}, {Lubber}.]
1. A dull, heavy person. `` Country lobs.'' --Gauden.

2. Something thick and heavy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lob \Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lobbing}.]
To let fall heavily or lazily.

And their poor jades Lob down their heads. --Shak.

{To lob a ball} (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send
it up into the air.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lob \Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European pollock.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lob \Lob\, v. t. (Mining)
See {Cob}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lob \Lob\, n.
The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which
sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player
at the net.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a
little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius
virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait},
{leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}.
(b) The American pollock; the coalfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius}), native both
of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod,
and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called
{coalfish}, {lob}, {podley}, {podling}, {pollack}, etc.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

lob
n 1: an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
2: the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in
a high arc
v : propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"


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