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cobbing

American  
[kob-ing] / ˈkɒb ɪŋ /

noun

Metallurgy.
  1. old refractory material removed from furnaces.


Etymology

Origin of cobbing

1760–70; cob (v.) to break up, special use of cob + -ing 1

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He is frequently "cobbing" his engine, flying "balls to the wall," and coming close to "augering in."

From Time Magazine Archive

And Mostafa takes the Bulgarian Keeper to task for cobbing — excessive use of elbows!”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

After cobbing, great care is required in sorting the ore into the respective grades of Nos.

From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.

This cobbing is a very troublesome and expensive process, costing about 5 dollars a ton.

From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.

He got a cobbing by the by, as a wind-up to his amusement, after dinner was over.

From My First Cruise and Other stories by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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