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cob

  [kob]
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–noun
1. a corncob.
2. a male swan.
3. a short-legged, thick-set horse, often having a high gait and frequently used for driving.
4. British. a mixture of clay and straw, used as a building material.
5. British Dialect. a rounded mass or lump.
6. a crude silver or gold Spanish-American coin of the 16th to 18th centuries, characteristically irregular in shape and bearing only a partial impression of the dies from which it was struck.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME cobbe male swan, leader of a gang; these and various subsequent senses are obscurely related and prob. in part of distinct orig.
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cob   (kŏb)   
n.  

  1. A corncob: corn on the cob.

  2. A male swan.

  3. A thickset, stocky, short-legged horse.

  4. A small lump or mass, as of coal.

  5. A mixture of clay and straw used as a building material.


[Probably from obsolete cob, round object, head, testicle.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
cob

  1. n.
    a sharp poke or goosein the anus. : Ouch! That cob hurt!
  2. tv.
    to give someone a sharp poke in the anus. : Tom cobbed Fred when he passed by.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cob 
"The N.E.D. recognizes eight nouns cob, with numerous sub-groups. Like other monosyllables common in the dial. its hist. is inextricable" [Weekley]. In the latest edition, the number stands at 11. Some senses are probably from O.E. copp "top, head," others probably from O.N. kubbi or Low Ger., all perhaps from a P.Gmc. base *kubb- "something rounded."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
COB

  1. chip on board

  2. close of business

  3. coordination of benefits

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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