COB

noun a young herring.

2. cob ·noun clay mixed with straw.

3. cob ·noun the top or head of anything.

4. cob ·vt to strike.

5. cob ·noun a fish;

— also called miller's thumb.

6. cob ·noun the axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.

7. cob ·noun a short-legged and stout horse, ·esp. one used for the saddle.

8. cob ·noun a spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

9. cob ·noun a cobnut; as, kentish cobs. ·see cobnut.

10. cob ·noun a sea mew or gull; ·esp., the black-backed gull (larus marinus).

11. cob ·noun a spanish coin formerly current in ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.

12. cob ·noun a leader or chief; a conspicuous person, ·esp. a rich covetous person.

13. cob ·vt to break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.

14. cob ·noun a lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

15. cob ·vt to punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.

xvi. cob ·noun a punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.