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"etymology_text": "Variant spelling of cob.",
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"plural"
]
}
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"_dis": "34 13 14 28 4 7",
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"A pier made from cobblestones."
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"A hand-basket, especially made from wicker."
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"A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cob, rammed earth or pisé."
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"glosses": [
"A knock or blow."
],
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],
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"(US) A knock or blow."
],
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}
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"ref": "1807, François Raymond J. de Pons, Travels in South America, during ... 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. Transl, page 249:",
"text": "His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro.",
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},
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"etymology_text": "Variant spelling of cob.",
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"A sea-cob or gull."
],
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},
{
"glosses": [
"A pier made from cobblestones."
],
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[
"cobblestones",
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]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A hand-basket, especially made from wicker."
],
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[
"wicker",
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Also called cob, rammed earth or pisé."
],
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[
"cob",
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],
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"rammed earth",
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],
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]
]
},
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"A knock or blow."
],
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"knock",
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],
[
"blow",
"blow"
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],
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"(US) A knock or blow."
],
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},
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"ref": "1807, François Raymond J. de Pons, Travels in South America, during ... 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. Transl, page 249:",
"text": "His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro.",
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"ipa": "/kɒb/",
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]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒb"
},
{
"homophone": "cob"
}
],
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}
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