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cob

[kob]
–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.]
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
COB
  1. chip on board

  2. close of business

  3. coordination of benefits

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