COB  , a word of unknown origin with a variety of meanings, which the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary considers may be traced to the notions of something stout, big, See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round, See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head or See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top . In " cobble," e.g. in the sense of a round See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone used in paving, the same word may be traced . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal uses of " cob " are for a stocky strongly built See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, from 13 to 14 hands high, a small round See also:

• LOAF

loaf, a round lump of See also:

• COAL

coal, in which sense " cobble " is also used, the fruiting spike of the See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize plant, and a large See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut of the See also:

• HAZEL (0. Eng. hresell; cf. Ger. Hasel, Swed. and Dan. Kassel, &c.,; Fr. noiselier, coudrier)

hazel type, more commonly known as the cob-nut . " Cobbler," a patcher or mender of boots and shoes, is probably from a different See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root . It has nothing to do with an O . Fr. coubler, Mod. coupler, to fasten together . In " cobweb," the See also:

• WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

web of the spider, the " cob " represents the older cop, coppe, spider, cf . Dutch spinnekop .