cobalt glance (kobaltglans)

Same as co baltite. cobaltic (kō'bal-tik), a. [ cob (kob), [Prob. W. cob, an embank pound of cobalt and cyanogen.- Cobalt i cyanide ment. Cf. cob2.] A sort of short breakwater. This ancient work, known by the name of the Cob , enclosed the only haven [Lyme] where, in a space of many miles, the fishermen could take refuge from the tempests of the Channel. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., v. cob7 (kob), v.; pret. and pp. cobbed, ppr. cobbing. [ them. [They] cobb'd the whole party-ay, every man jack of Barham, In golds by Legends, I. 318. 2. In mining, to break (ore) into small fragments with a hammer, in the proce of dre ing it for the smelter. [Chiefly in Cornwall.] -3. To excel; outdo; beat. [Prov. Eng.] 4. To throw. [Prov. Eng.] II.t in trans. To fight. of pota ium, K6(CN) 12C02, a yellow crystalline salt formed by the union of cobalt, cyanogen, and pota ium. It is a singularly permanent salt, resisting the action of the strongest acids. It was applied by Liebig to the sep- a ration of cobalt from nickel in analysis. cobalt in (kō'bal-tin), n. [ cobaltite . cobaltite (kō'bâl-tīt), n. [ cobalt + -ite2.] A sulph arsenide of cobalt. It is a mineral of a silver- white color, with a tinge of red, occurring in isometric crystals, often cubes or pyritohedrons. Also called cobalt- glance . cobalt-ocher (kō'balt-ō"ker), n. An earthy form of the mineral erythrite. cob alto me nite (kō-bal-tom'e-nīt), n. [ cobalt + Gr. μήνη, moon (cf. selenite ), + -ite2.] A cop- per selenite occurring in minute rose-red crys- tals at Cacheuta in the Argentine Republic. cobaltous (kō'bal-tus), a . [ cobalt + -ous.] Pertaining to or of the nature of cobalt; con- sisting of or derived from cobalt: specifically Ho keppit hym full kantly [strongly], kobbit with hym sore, applied to compounds in which the cobalt atom Wound it hym wickedly. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 11025. Also spelled cobb .