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Pronunciation : Cob"ble
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A fishing boat. See Coble.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cob"ble
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
Definition : 1. A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." Fairfax.

2. pl.

Defn: Cob coal. See under Cob.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cob"ble
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. Couple, n. & v. t.]
Definition : 1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak. "A cobbled saddle." Thackeray.

2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." Dryden.

3. To pave with cobblestones.

t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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