n. The top; the head; the poll.n. A head man; a prominent or chief person; a leader or chief.n. A wealthy man; especially, one who makes a vulgar use or display of his wealth; a rich and vulgar man; a chuff.n. A roundish lump.n. A small haystack; a haycock.n. An ear of wheat. See cob-poke.n. The cylindrical shoot or receptacle, in the form of a spike, on which the grains of maize or Indian corn grow in rows; a corn-cob (which see).n. A young herring.n. A fish, the bullhead or miller's-thumb.n. The common clam, Mya arenaria.n. A Spanish dollar: a name formerly in use in Ireland, and still at Gibraltar.n. A compost of puddled clay and straw, or of straw, lime, and earth.n. In coal-mining, a small solid pillar of coal left in a waste as a support for the roof.n. Clover-seed.n. A strong, thick-set, pony-built horse, capable of carrying a heavy weight at a good pace. Also cob-horse.n. A kind of wicker basket made to be carried on the arm; specifically, one used for carrying seed while sowing.n. The great black-backed gull, Larus marinus. Also spelled cobb.n. A sort of short breakwater.To strike; knock; beat on the buttocks with the knee, or with a board or strap.In mining, to break (ore) into small fragments with a hammer, in the process of dressing it for the smelter.To excel; outdo; beat.To throw.To fight.Also spelled cobb.n. A blow on the buttocks with the knee, or with a strap or board; a punishment consisting of such blows. Also spelled cobb.n. . In pharm., a cylindrical mass of crystals of lactose (sugar of milk) formed upon a stick or cord.n. Tn horticulture, a kind of filbert characterized by a short rounded nut borne in short open husks. The longer nuts, in long husks, are known as true filberts.n. Any of the larger gulls, but more particularly the black-backed gull, Larus marinus.n. In the United States the standard for a cob is some what larger than in England, a typical cob standing about 15 hands high and weighing from 1,000 to 1,050 pounds. A cob is smoother and more compact than a coacher and has shorter legs.n. Same as cobswan.