cob1 (kob)

[ 2. A head man; a prominent or chief person; a leader or chief. [Now only prov. Eng.] Susteynid is not by person is lowe, But cobb is grete this riote sustene. Occleve, MS. quoted in Hall i well, p. 259. 3t. A wealthy man; especially, one who makes a vulgar use or display of his wealth; a rich and vulgar man; a chuff. IMG:content-0703.jpg:[blocks in formation] All cobbing country chuffes, which make their bellies Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 174).