cob-irons

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• Cob

  ·noun A young herring. II. Cob ·noun Clay mixed with straw. III. Cob ·noun The top or head of anyt...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• cob

  1) A Spanish dollar. 2) or cobbing A punishment used by the seamen for petty offences, or irregula...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cob

  1) a blow ; likewise to throw. Derb. Also a basket of wicker to carry on the arm ; a seed-cob, or se...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• cob

  A young herring. Also, a sea-gull. Also, a sort of short break-water so called in our early statutes...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• irons

  A ship is said to be in irons when, by mismanagement, she is permitted to come up in the wind and lo...

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• Sea cob

  ·- The black-backed gull. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• cob-coals

  large pit-coals. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• cob-ibon

  an andiron. S. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• cob-joe

  a nut at the end of a string. Derb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• cob-loaf

  a crusty, deformed loaf. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• cob-nut

  a game, which consists in pitching at a row of nuts piled up in heaps of four, that is, three at bot...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• herring-cob

  A young herring. ...

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• Barking irons

  ·- A pair of pistols. II. Barking irons ·- Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Tue-irons

  ·noun ·pl A pair of blacksmith's tongs. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• barking irons

  Pistols, from their explosion resembling the bow-wow or barking of a dog. IRISH. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grappling irons

  Handcuffs. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• brand-irons

  corruption of Andirons. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• angle-irons

  Certain strips of iron having their edges turned up at an angle to each other; they are of various s...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• barking-irons

  Large duelling pistols. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• boom-irons

  Are metal rings fitted on the yard-arms, through which the studding-sail booms traverse; there is on...

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• caulking-irons

  The peculiar chisels used for the purpose of caulking: they are the caulking-iron, the making-iron, ...

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• guard-irons

  Curved bars of iron placed over the ornaments of a ship to defend them from damage. ...

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• priming-irons

  Consist of a pointed wire used through the vent to prick the cartridge when it is "home," and of a f...

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• rudder-irons

  The pintles, gudgeons, and braces of the rudder are frequently so called, though they were usually o...

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• cob-web morning

  a misty morning. Norf. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose