cob

name

1. Clive's Original Band, band started by Clive Palmer after he left The Incredible String Band.
2. Abbreviation of Cobourg.

noun

1. Initialism of contingency operating base.
2. Acronym of chief of boat.
3. Initialism of close of business; the end of day on a business day.

   “The NY office told the LA office to ensure the report was emailed by COB.”

   “February 25, 1998 Exhibitor Deadline COB - Ad Copy Deadline COB - FINAL PROGRAM COPY DUE TO PROGRAM CHAIR (COB)”

4. Initialism of centre of buoyancy
5. Initialism of coordination of benefits
6. Initialism of chairman of the board
7. Initialism of chip on board (an LED module or integrated circuit bonded to a circuit board)

verb

Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic, but it has also been suggested that the word could be a continuation of Middle English cobbe (“fight”), a borrowing of Welsh cob (“blow”), or a cognate of Icelandic kubba (“chop”).

1. To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.

   “[…] he pulled off his hat, and said he was going to cob him for breaking the rules and laws of the ship’s company.”

   “White prisoners, and sometimes black ones, are put into the dungeon, and ironed; and black prisoners have been “cobbed.””

2. To throw, chuck, lob.

   “Well, sir, I’m sure I’d be rid of it fast enough if I could naut cob it away like a stoan.”

   “Each had a stone in his grasp in an instant, and simultaneously they cobbed at Master Bunnie.”

3. To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.

   “A ſhade or ſhelter from the weather, under which the Cobbers cob the Ore.”

   “Pyrites with galena, gangue, and a little blende—separately cobbed, with other material of the same nature, by expert workers to minimize the quantity of dust, and then yielding: […]”