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Definition of Cobbed
1. Adjective. Broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled. ¹
2. Adjective. Remaining on, or taken from the cob, ''(as in "cobbed corn")''. ¹
3. Adjective. Built of mud cobbles, and sealed with mud or an artificial equivalent. ¹
4. Adjective. Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, ''(as in "cobbed together")''. ¹
5. Adjective. Struck with misfortune ''(possibly a contraction of clobbered)'' ¹
6. Adjective. (dialect) Odd, peculiar, strange. ''(Comparative can be '''cobb'der''' and superlative can be '''cobb'dest''')''. ¹
7. Verb. (past of cob) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cobbed
1. cob [v] - See also: cob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cobbed
Literary usage of Cobbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Committees by United States Congress. Senate (1862)
"Were they whipped or "cobbed" as free persons of color, for making the ...
Do you know of such persons being "cobbed" or whipped for not returning at the ..."
2. Electro-magnetic Ore Separation by Charles Godfrey Gunther (1909)
"After passing through the separator the cobbed material and tailing fall on separate
... The cobbed product and the tailing storage bins are placed over and ..."
3. The California Culturist: A Journal of Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanism (1859)
"For while some prefer the white-cobbed others as decidedly prefer ... red-cobbed ;
so that farther trials and comparisons will be necessary to settle this ..."
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