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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. A fishing boat. See {Coble}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. [From {Cob} a lump. See {Cob}, n., 9, and cf {Copple}, {Copplestone}.] 1. A cobblestone. ``Their slings held cobbles round.'' --Fairfax. 2. pl Cob coal. See under {Cob}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cobble \Cob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbled}; p. pr & vb n. {Cobbling}.] [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cobble n : rectangular stone with curved top once used to make roads [syn: {cobblestone}, {sett}] v 1: pave with cobblestones 2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
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