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Cobble

Cŏb'ble, n.

noun

n. A kind of fishing-boat. See COBLE.

Cŏb'ble or Cŏb'ble-stōne, n.

noun

(20), n. [From cob, 3. Also called cobstone. Cf. COPPLE, COPPLE-STONE.] A rounded fragment, as of stone, coal, &c.; a large pebble; a cob; as, a pavement of cobble-stones.

Their hands shook swords, their slings held cobbles round. Fairfax.

Cŏb'ble, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. COBBLED; p. pr. & vb. n. COBBLING.] [O. Fr. cobler, to join or knit together, Dan. kobble, Ger. koppeln, kuppeln, O. D. koppelen, from Lat. copulare, to couple, join.]

  1. To make or mend coarsely, as shoes; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak.
  2. To make or do clumsily or badly; as, to cobble rhymes. Dryden.

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