COB
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COB , a word of unknown origin with a variety of meanings, which the New English Dictionary considers may be traced to the notions of something stout, big, round , head or top. In " cobble," e.g. in the sense of a round stone See Also: - STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the
root is also seen in Gr. aria , pebble) - STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE,
MARCUS (184o— ) - STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
used in paving, the same word may be traced. The principal uses of " cob " are for a stocky strongly built horse , from 13 to 14 hands high, a small round loaf,
a round lump of coal , in which sense " cobble " is also used, the fruiting spike of the maize plant, and a large nut of the hazel type, more commonly known as the cob-nut.
" Cobbler," a patcher or mender of boots and shoes, is probably from a different root . It has nothing to do with an O. Fr. coubler, Mod. coupler, to fasten together. In " cobweb," the web of the spider, the " cob " represents the older cop, coppe, spider, cf. Dutch spinnekop.
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