cob 
7. The common clam, Mya arenaria. [Prov. 
Eng.] 8. A Spanish dollar: a name formerly 
in use in Ireland, and still at Gibraltar. 
He then drew out a large leathern bag, and poured out 
the contents, which were silver cobs, upon the table. 
T. Sheridan, Swift. 
9. A compost of puddled clay and straw, or of 
straw, lime, and earth. 
The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his 
walls. R. Careir, Survey of Cornwall, fol. 53. 
10. In coal-mining, a, small solid pillar of coal 
left in a waste as a support for the roof. Gresley. 
[Derbyshire, Eng.] 11. Clover-seed. [Prov. 
1072 
chief supply of the cobalt preparations comes from Saxony, 
Bohemia, Hesse, and Norway. The principal value of co- 
balt in the arts is due to the fact that its protoxid fur- 
nishes an intense and beautiful blue color, of importance 
in painting, and especially in the decoration of porcelain 
and glass. (See tsnmlt and safre.) Also spelled kobalt. 
Cobalt blue. See blue. Cobalt green. See green. 
Cobalt plating, a method of electroplating by the use 
of a batn of neutral solution of cobalt and ammonium 
double sulphate, or cobalt sulphate with ammonium or 
magnesium sulphate, or cobalt chlorid combined with 
ammonium and magnesium chlorids. See electroplating. 
Cobalt yellow, see yMuu'. Earthy cobalt. See 
asbolan, Glass Of CObalt, or cobalt glass, a cobalt sili- 
cate prepared by fusing cobalt-glance or speiss-cobalt, 
previously roasted, with sand and potash. When pulver- 
ized finely it is called smalt, and is used as a pigment. 
cobelligerent 
I. trans. 1. To mend or patch (especially shoes 
or boots). 
And thred-bare cote, and cabled shoes, hee ware. 
Spenser, Y. Q., I. iv. 28. 
They show us an Alexander in the shades cobbling shoes. 
Lamb, Decay of Beggars. 
The cook makes our bodies ; the apothecary only cob- 
bles them. 0. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 217. 
Hence 2. To put together, make, or do clum- 
sily, unhandily, or coarsely. 
Nothing effected for any purpose or design, but all ill- 
favouredly cobbled and jumbled together. 
Bcntley, Sermons, i. 
II. intrans. To work as a cobbler; work 
clumsily. 
Leaves his snug shop, forsakes his store of shoes, 
St. Crispin quits, and cobbles for the muse. 
Byron, Eng. Bards and Scotch Reviewers. 
cob (kob), n. [Appar. a particular use of cofc 2 , cobalt-bloom (ko balt-blpm), n. 
prob. as an abbr. of cob-horse : that is, a thick- semate ot cobalt; erythnte. 
set, dumpy horse.] A strong, thick-set, pony- cobalt-bronze (ko balt-bronz), n. A violet- 
built horse, capable of carrying a heavy weight colored powder resembling the violet-colored 
at a good pace Also cub-liorsc chlorid of chromium and having a marked me- cobble'', . bee coble. 
A cob is a short'-legged, stout, and compactly built ani- J al ^ C l \ er ~ " i8 a du " 1 .' lu 8alt < Phosphate of pro- CObble* (kob'l), n. [Cf. coftB a gull.] A name 
mal 13 hands 3 to U hands 3 inches The hack is the ^ x i d of coblllt and a" 1 " 1 ""'*, prepared at Pfannenstiel for the red-throated diver, ('oli/mbus septcntri- 
same type, but a hand higher, 14.3 to 15.3. The hack is aSS?!! u. ,1 -/vit i i\ Onalis. Montagu. [Local, British.] 
larger than the cob; the cob, larger than a pony. cobalt-crust (ko balt-krust), . Earthy arseni- cobblenutt (kob'1-uut). . [ME. cobill-note < 
Wallace's Montld,,, July, 1884, p. 447. ate Ot cobalt. co66/e l + ^1 Same as CObnut, 1. 
COb 4 (kob), n. [E. dial., perhaps a particular cobalt-glance (ko'balt-glans), n. Same as co- 
use of coft 2 , with ref . to its roundness.] A kind baltite. 
of wicker basket made to be carried on the CObaltlC (ko'bal-tik), a. [< cobalt + -ic.] Per- 
arm ; specifically, one used for carrying seed taining to or consisting of cobalt ; resembling 
while sowing. [North. Eng.] 
cob 5 (kob), n. [=LGr. kobbe = Fries, hub, a sea 
mew.] The great black-backed gull, Larns ma- B-~ ~ ~., -~ j..^ui. . 
rinus. Also spelled cobb. [Eng.] cobalticyanide (ko'bal-ti-si'a-nid), n. Acorn- and-eri.] 1 One who cobbles, mends, orpatch- 
cob 6 (kob), n. [Prob. < W. cob, an embank- pound of cobalt and cyanogen.- cobalticyanide es ! 6S P eclall y> on e who mends boots and shoes. 
Of potassium, K 6 (C.N) ]2 Co 2) a yellow crystalline salt 
formed by the union of cobalt, cyanogen, and potassium. 
I am ovir poure to make presande 
Als myii harte wolde, and I had ought, 
Two cobill notw vppon a bande, 
Loo ! litill babe, what I haue broght. 
York Plays, p. 122. 
or containing cobalt: specifically applied to . . . , , . ] ?*'" 
a- compounds in which two cobalt atoms react cobbler 1 (kob ler), n. [< ME. cobelere, 
a- "ke a single hexad element or radical. cobbeler ,< cobelen .cobble + -er .-see 
, . 
see cobble* 
ment. Cf. cot 2 .] A sort of short breakwater. 
aration of cobalt from nickel in analysis. 
This ancient work, known by the name of the Cob, en- 
closed the only haven [Lyme] where, in a space of many 
miles, the fishermen could take refuge from the tempests 
of the Channel. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., v. cobaltin (ko"'bal-tin), n. [< Cobalt + -in 2 .] 
COb 7 (kob), 11. ; pret. and pp. cobbed, ppr. cobbing. Same as cobaltite. 
[< ME. cobben, strike, fight, prob. < Icel. kubb'a. cobaltite (ko'bal-tit), n. [< cobalt + -ite 2 .] A 
chop, cut : see chopi, chub, and cf . cob? = c ub^, sulpharsenide of cobalt, it is a mineral of a silver- 
lump, etc.] I. trans. 1. To strike; knock; white color, with a tinge of red, occurring in isometric 
beat on the buttocks with the knee, or with a 'H'stals, often cubes or pyritohedrons. Also called cobalt- 
board or strap. [Eng.] cobalt-ocher (k6'balt-6"ker), n. An earthy 
of iVinTl nf t.lin Tnitiofal *n\rtVitif o 
As good is the prayer of a cobbler as of a cardinal. 
Tymlale, Works, p. 145. 
in a clumsy, slipshod fashion. 
Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I am but, as 
you would say, a cobbler. Shak., J. C., i. 1. 
Cobbler's-awl duck, a name of the European avoset, 
Kecureirostra avocetta. [Local, British.) Cobbler's 
Monday, every Monday throughout the year. Brockett. 
[Prov. Eng.] Cobbler's punch, a warm drink made of 
ale or beer with the addition of spirit, sugar, and spice. 
cobbler 2 (kob'ler), n. [Appar. orig. cobbler's 
punch: see under cobbler^.] 1. A summer 
[They] cobb d the whole party -ay, every man jack 
form of the n^ra! erythrite. 
3. To excel; outdo; beat. 
4. To throw. [Prov. Eng.] 
Il.t intrans. To fight. 
Ho keppit hym full kantly [strongly], kobbit with hym sore, 
Woundit hym wickedly. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 11025. 
Also spelled cobb. 
cob 7 (kob), n. [< coVJ, .] A blow on the but- 
tocks with the knee, or with a strap or board ; 
a punishment consisting 
of such blows. Also spell- 
ed cobb. [Eng.] 
cobado (ko-ba'do), n. 
[Pg., reg. covado : see cu- 
bit."] A Portuguese mea- 
sure. See cubit. 
Cobaea(ko-be'a),n. [NL., 
named after Barnabas 
Cobo (1582 -1657), a Span- 
ish Jesuit, missionary for 
fifty years in Mexico and 
Peru, and a zealous natu- 
ralist.] A small polemo- 
niaceous genus or herba- 
Eng]- *^ ls ^t Cacheutam the Argentine Eepublic. de ep dish or a pot lined with thick paste: 
CObaltous (ko'bal-tus), a [< cobalt + -o.v.] nw ed according to the kind of fruit used: as, 
Pertaining to or of the nature of cobalt; con- an aj)p i e cobhlcr h ; a j, each co6Wer . m gi 
sistmgot or derived from cobalt: specifically cobbler-fish (kob'ler-fish), . An American ca- 
applied to compounds in which the cobalt atom raugoid fish, Jllepharis crinitus, with compressed 
appears to bo combined as a dyad element. *- - j - - =3 
The molecular susceptibility of cobaltous salts stands 
about midway between the molecular susceptibilities of 
llickelous and manganous salts. Encyc. Brit., XV. 264. 
cobalt- vitriol (ko'balt-vit"ri-ol), w. A hydrous 
cobalt sulphate; when found'native, the min- 
eral bieberite. 
CObang, n. See l-abang. 
CObaya (ko-ba'ya), 11. [See cary, Cavia.] A 
name of the guinea-pig or domestic cavy, Cauia 
cobtu/a. Also cobaia. 
cobbi, 11. See coW>. 
cobb' 2 , r. and n. See coltf. 
cobbin (kob'in), n. [Cf. wft 2 .] A piece or slice 
of a fish. [Prov. Eng.] 
cobbing 1 !, [Appar. < cob 1 , n., 3, + -ing 2 .] 
Making a vulgar display. 
body, rudimentary dorsal spines, and the first 
five or six rays of the dorsal and anal fins 
elongated and filiform: named from the long 
rays, which resemble a cobbler's strings. It 
is a warm-water species, but wanders in sum- 
mer as far north as Cape Cod. 
cobblery (kob'ler-i), n. [< cobbler* + -yi.] Cob- 
blers' work. 
1 have myself tried an experiment in a small way in the 
matter of cobblerii. SirJ. Lubbock, Pop. Sci. Mo., XXX. 331. 
cobblestone (kob'1-ston), n. [Also co/iplestone 
(and cogglestone, q. v.); < ME. cobilstone, also 
(once) cabled stone; < cobble^ + stone.] A cob- 
ble or rounded stone ; especially, such a stone 
used in paving. 
The streets arc mostly paved with round cobUe-ttone. 
L. Hamilton, Mex. Handbook, p. 109. 
Hlower of Cobtra scanden*. 
Pars milii prima est, my part is first; inter prajcipuos rnhhlptnnp Clrnh'l etrinl n t- >t 
stultos, amongst those notable, famous, notorious cobliny C SSiSISS .? , ' ' P / 
fooles. withal (ed. 1608), p. 53. cobblestoned, ppr. cobblestomng. [< co 
pp. 
w i cobblestone, 
.] To pave with cobblestones. 
Those unreasoning creatures who would grumble that 
the streets of gold, if they had the chance to see them, 
were not cobble-stoned with diamonds. 
New York Independent, Dec. 18, 1873, p. 1585. 
cobalt (ko'balt), n'. [< G. kobalt, dial, kobold, "wMMre absorbed coppw. Encyc. cobbling (kob'ling), a. [Attrib. use of cob- 
cobalt; said to be the same word as kobold, a Jlvioki ,L- -h'i\ 6 'r M blt " g ' verbal n - of cobble^, i\] Like the work 
goblin, the ' demon of the mines' transferred to C ? , ? V ?? /' "' [ < 'W'<'(- stow ) ! < ME. of a cobbler ; patched or clumsily put together, 
cobalt because it was troublesome to miners, ,, /'' 5*'S ( - m com P.-.( se o cobblenut and cob- Such coftiKn/, verses no poetaster before ever turned out. 
and at first its value was not known. See ko- " I 2 sto > aud PP- adj. cabled, so. stone), dim. Lamb, To Barton. 
ceous climbing plants, na- vv . 
tives of the mountains of tropical America. CODDing- 5 (kob mg), . [Verbal n. of coft 7 , i'.] 
They have pinnate leaves and large eampanulate flowers, * in mining, the operation of breaking ore 
aud, being rapid growers, are frequently cultivated for or- for the purpose of sorting out the better parts 
Sur-ple' or wli'LToteTCm IS.' 3 ' ^^^ """ 7^^^^ f ^ 5 ri , 0k8 ^ b * tOm8 
8 
weigl 
ciflc _ 
always found in intimate association, and have in many 
respects a marked resemblance to iron, but are less fusi- 
ble than that metal, and much less magnetic. Cobalt 
might be, and is to a very small extent, used for the 
same purposes for which nickel is used, especially for 
plating the surface of iron ; but it is much rarer than 
nickel, is procured with more difficulty in the metallic 
form, and is consequently a dearer metal 
portal 
(See t 
numbe 
&S&KS'J3fe 
ns - '" '<>"<><*, Ben-Hur, p. 02. 
Th . , ,_ 
f? ^'^S 
by the vvashl " g " f the rai 
2 A rounded hill TLocal TI SI ^+ A 
roW nut like a cobble See roftw^ 0. A 
J*J 3 a ^ OD ^ le ; f ee co ^ t -*- A 
kernel or stone (of fruit, etc.). [Prov. Eng.] 
5. 
_ _ ^ 
proportion ; well ribbed up ; ponv- 
dLs and horses 
(kob'kab), . [Ar. qabqab (kabkab), a 
P atten -] A wooden clog or patten worn by 
women in Egypt and the Levant. Such clogs are 
worn in the public baths, and sometimes to keep the gar- 
ments from trailing, or to increase the apparent stature. 
. . , aure. 
A lump of coal from the size of an egg to cobcoal (kob'kol), , IX coft 2 + coal.l A large 
f n. AnAr-'Kall _ A A r, i /.;,.!., rT>- __ t^ __ n i _ _ _ _ i L 
. 6. An icicle. [Prov. Eng.] 
