Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cobbing"
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)
Cobbing \Cob"bing\, a.
Haughty; purse-proud. See {Cob}, n., 2. [Obs.] --Withals
(1608).
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