Kobnoun
An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
Cobnoun
A male swan.
Kobnoun
Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob), or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.
Cobnoun
A corncob.
Kobnoun
Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus sing-sing.
Cobnoun
(Midlands) A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.
Kobnoun
an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa
Cobnoun
(uncountable) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
Kob
The kob (Kobus kob) is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe.
Cobnoun
A horse having a stout body and short legs.
Cobnoun
(East Anglia) A gull, especially the black-backed gull (Larus marinus); also spelled cobb.
Cobnoun
Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the Spanish Empire and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped.
Cobnoun
A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth about four shillings and sixpence.
Cobnoun
(obsolete) One who is eminent, great, large, or rich.
Cobnoun
A spider.
Cobnoun
A small fish, the miller's thumb.
Cobnoun
A large fish, especially the kabeljou (variant spelling of kob).
Cobnoun
(obsolete) The head of a herring.
Cobnoun
The top or head of anything.
Cobnoun
A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.
Cobnoun
A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
Cobnoun
A cylinder with pins in it, encoding music to be played back mechanically by a barrel organ.
Cobverb
To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
Cobverb
Of growing corn, to have the heads mature into corncobs.
Cobverb
To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
Cobverb
(Northern UK, possibly colloquial) To throw, chuck, lob.
Cobverb
To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.
Cobnoun
The top or head of anything.
Cobnoun
A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person.
‘All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies and their bags their god, are called rich cobs.’;
Cobnoun
The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.
Cobnoun
A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.
Cobnoun
A young herring.
Cobnoun
A fish; - also called miller's thumb.
Cobnoun
A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.
Cobnoun
A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus).
Cobnoun
A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.
Cobnoun
A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut.
Cobnoun
Clay mixed with straw.
‘The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering.’;
Cobnoun
A punishment consisting of blows inflictod on tho buttocas with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
Cobnoun
A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.
Cobverb
To strike
Cobverb
To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.
Cobverb
To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.
Cobnoun
nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
Cobnoun
stocky short-legged harness horse
Cobnoun
white gull having a black back and wings
Cobnoun
adult male swan