cobb

n. A fishing boat. See Coble. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone. ] 1. A cobblestone. “Their slings held cobbles round.” Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Cob coal. See under Cob. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make clumsily. “Cobbled rhymes.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pave with cobblestones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A mender of shoes. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clumsy workman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cobbler fish (Zool.), a marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]