English-Thai Dictionary

cob

N ซังข้าว โพ ด  corncob sang-kao-phod

 

cob

N ม้า พันธุ์ เตี้ย  short-legged riding horse ma-pan-tia

 

cob

N หงส์ ตัวผู้  ห่าน ตัวผู้  male swan hong-tua-pu

 

cob

SL ขว้าง  kwang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COB

n. 1. The top or head; a covetous wretch; a foreign coin.
2. In America, the receptacle of the maiz, or American corn; a shoot in form of a pin or spike, on which grows the corn in rows. This receptacle, with the corn, is called the ear.
3. A sea-fowl, the sea-cob.
4. A ball or pellet for feeding fowls.
5. In some parts of England, a spider. Old Dutch, kop or koppe, a spider, retained in koppespin, spinnekop, a spider.
6. A horse not castrated; a strong poney.

 

COB

v.t.In seamens language, to punish by striking the breech with a flat piece of wood, or with a board.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COB

Cob, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf, kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan ), and also W. cob tuft, spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. Cop top, Cup, n.]

 

1. The top or head of anything. [Obs. ] W. Gifford.

 

2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person. [Obs. ] All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies and their bags their god, are called rich cobs. Nash.

 

3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.]

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

 

5. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A young herring. B. Jonson.

 

6. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.

 

7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle. [Eng. ]

 

8. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A sea mew or gull; esp. , the black-backed gull (Larus marinus ). [Written also cobb.]

 

9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

 

1 . A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut. [Eng. ]

 

11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng. ] The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. R. Carew.

 

12. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. Wright.

 

13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d. [Obs. ] Wright. Cob coal, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to that of a football; -- called also cobbles. Grose. -- Cob loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. Wright. -- Cob money, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its aliquot parts.

 

COB

Cob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbing. ]

 

1. To strike [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

2. (Mining )

 

Defn: To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions. Raymond.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

COB

COB ▶abbreviation close of business: you have until COB today to show us why you should not be disconnected.

 

cob

cob 1 |käb kɑb | ▶noun 1 (also corncob ) the central, cylindrical, woody part of the corn ear to which the grains, or kernels, are attached. 2 (also cobnut ) a hazelnut or filbert, esp. one of a large variety. • a hazel or filbert bush. 3 a powerfully built, short-legged horse. 4 a male swan. 5 Brit. a roundish lump of coal. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a strong man or leader ): of unknown origin. The underlying general sense appears to be ‘stout, rounded, sturdy. ’

 

cob

cob 2 |kɑb käb | ▶noun Brit. a mixture of compressed clay and straw used, esp. in former times, for building walls: [ as modifier ] : cob and thatch cottages. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

cob

cob 3 |kɒb | ▶noun (in phrase have or get a cob on ) Brit. informal be or get annoyed. ORIGIN 1930s: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

COB

COB ▶abbreviation close of business: you have until COB today to show us why you should not be disconnected.

 

cob

cob 1 |kɒb | ▶noun 1 (also corncob ) the central cylindrical woody part of the maize ear to which the grains are attached. 2 Brit. a round loaf of bread. 3 (also cobnut ) a hazelnut or filbert. • a hazel or filbert bush. 4 a powerfully built, short-legged horse. 5 a male swan. 6 Brit. a roundish lump of coal. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a strong man or leader ): of unknown origin. The underlying general sense appears to be ‘rounded, sturdy ’.

 

cob

cob 2 |kɒb | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a mixture of compressed clay and straw used, especially in former times, for building walls. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

cob

cob 3 |kɒb | ▶noun (in phrase have or get a cob on ) Brit. informal be or get annoyed. ORIGIN 1930s: of unknown origin.

 

cob

cob 4 ▶noun variant spelling of kob 2.

 

Duden Dictionary

Cob

Cob Substantiv, maskulin , der |C o b |der Cob; Genitiv: des Cobs, Plural: die Cobs englisch cob, eigentlich Bezeichnung für jemanden, etwas von gedrungenem Aussehen, Herkunft ungeklärt kleines, starkes, für Reiten und Fahren gleichermaßen geeignetes englisches Gebrauchspferd

 

Spanish Dictionary

cob

cob nombre común /adjetivo Caballo o yegua de una raza de patas cortas y gran robustez, que se utiliza en el arte de la monta .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cob

cob /kɑb |kɔb /名詞 C 1 トウモロコシの穂軸 (corncob ).2 ｟英 ｠小さな丸型のパン (roll ).3 コッブ 〘足の短いがっしりした馬の種類 〙; ｟米 ｠高く脚を跳ね上げる馬 .4 雄の白鳥 .5 ハシバミの実 .6 ｟英 ニュージー ｠(粘土にわらなどを混ぜた )壁土 .