cobbing

American

[kob-ing] / ˈkɒb ɪŋ /

noun

Metallurgy.

old refractory material removed from furnaces.

Etymology

Origin of cobbing

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

Example Sentences

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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

Miles of waving, dark green, tasselled corn just cobbing.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.

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

You are very good to me, and more than I deserve from you; but I never meant you ill, and I got you off a cobbing once.

From Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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