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COBBLE
cobble, cobblestone, sett
(noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
cobble
(verb) repair or mend; “cobble shoes”
cobble, cobblestone
(verb) pave with cobblestones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Cobble (plural Cobbles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cobble is the 17097th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1660 individuals. Cobble is most common among White (83.98%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
cobble (plural cobbles)
A cobblestone.
(geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).
Verb
cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)
(intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
(transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Cob"ble, n.
Definition: A fishing boat. See Coble.
Cob"ble, n. Etym: [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
1. A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." Fairfax.
2. pl.
Definition: Cob coal. See under Cob.
Cob"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbling.] Etym: [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.
2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." Dryden.
3. To pave with cobblestones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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