cob7 (kob)

[ appears to be combined as a dyad element. The molecular susceptibility of cobaltous salts stands about midway between the molecular susceptibilities of nickelous and manganous salts. Encyc. Brit ., XV. 264. IMG:content-0705.png:[blocks in formation] Hence - 2. A clumsy workman; one who works in a clumsy, slipshod fashion. Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I am but, as you would say, a cobbler . Shak ., J. C., 1. 1. Cobbler's-awl duck, a name of the European avoset, Recurvirostra avocetta. [Local, British.] - Cobbler's Monday, every Monday throughout the year. Brockett. [Prov. Eng.] - Cobbler's punch, a warm drink made of ale or beer with the addition of spirit, sugar, and spice. cobbler2 (kob'lėr), n. [Appar. orig. cobbler's punch: see under cobbler .] 1. A summer drink to be sucked through a straw, made by shaking up together, in a large gla , pounded ice, wine, sugar, slices of orange, pineapple, etc. [U. S.]-2. A fruit pie baked in a large deep dish or a pot lined with thick paste: named according to the kind of fruit used: as, an apple cobbler ; a peach cobbler . [U. S.] cobbler-fish (kob'ler-fish), n. An American carangoid fish, Blepharis crinitus , with compre ed body, rudimentary dorsal spines, and the first five or six rays of the dorsal and anal fins elongated and filiform: named from the long rays, which resemble a cobbler's strings. It IMG:content-0706.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]