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  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. 




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