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noun
an unofficial form of punishment among the crew or prisoners involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood or a handsaw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: prison
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
The manual separation of minerals in ore using a hammer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, mining
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noun
The production of cobs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of cob
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
From cob + -ing.
