lob

v. t. (Mining) See Cob, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. Looby, Lubber. ] 1. A dull, heavy person. “ Country lobs.” Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something thick and heavy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player at the net. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lobbed p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing. ] 2. To let fall heavily or lazily. [ 1913 Webster ]

And their poor jades
Lob down their heads. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory; as, to lob a grenade at the enemy. [ PJC ]

To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Lobe. ] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. (b) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a lob; consisting of lobs. Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]