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Cob"bing (?), a. Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. [Obs.] Withals (1608).

Cob"ble (?), n. A fishing boat. See Coble.

Cob"ble, n. [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone.] 1. A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." Fairfax.

2. pl. Cob coal. See under Cob.

Cob"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbling (?).] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. Couple, n. & v. t.] 1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak. "A cobbled saddle." Thackeray.

2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." Dryden.

3. To pave with cobblestones.

Cob"bler (?), n. 1. A mender of shoes. Addison.

2. A clumsy workman. Shak.

3. A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry.

Cobbler fish (Zo÷l.), a marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.

Cob"ble*stone` (?), n. A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.

Cob"by (?), a. [From Cob, n.] 1. Headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] Brockett.

2. Stout; hearty; lively. [Obs.]

Co`bel*lig"er*ent (?), a. Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.

Co`bel*lig"er*ent, n. A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.

Co"bi*a (?), n. (Zo÷l.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.

Cob"i`ron (?), n. [From Cob the top.] An andiron with a knob at the top. Bacon.

Co`bish"op (?), n. A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.

Co"ble (?), n. [AS. cuopel; cf. W. ceubal skiff, ferryboat.] A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.

Cob"nut` (?), n. 1. (Com.) A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

2. A game played by children with nuts.

Co*boose" (?), n. See Caboose.

Co"bourg (?), n. [Named from the town of Coburg in Germany.] A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.

Co"bra (?), n. See Copra.

Co"bra, n. The cobra de capello.

||Co"bra de ca*pel"lo (?). [Pg., serpent of the hood.] (Zo÷l.) The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.

Cob"stone` (?), n. Cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.]