cobbing

[ kob-ing ]

noun

, Metallurgy.

1. old refractory material removed from furnaces.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cobbing¹

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

Example Sentences

After cobbing, great care is required in sorting the ore into the respective grades of Nos. 1, 2, and 3.

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At Looe, and other districts of East Cornwall, it was enforced by spitting at or “cobbing” the offender.

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Sharpe, you are small,” he exclaimed; “but cobbing was invented to make midshipmen grow, and I intend to make you grow.

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Cobbing, a punishment inflicted by sailors and soldiers among themselves.

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The offender was struck a certain number of times on the breech with a flat piece of wood called the cobbing-board.

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