▪ I. ˈsea-cob1
[cob n.3]
A sea-gull.
| 1530 Palsgr. 268/2 Seecobbe a byrde, mavue de mer. 1544 Turner Avium Præcip. D 8 b, De Gavia..a se cob or see⁓gell. 1638 Mayne Lucian (1664) 68 Feel the tongue and point of the hook with your fingers..and take you the boldnesse to be caught, and like a Sea-cob swallow the whole bait. 1725 Bailey Erasm. Colloq. 285 Wherever I find an hungry Sea-cob, I throw him out a Bait. 1880 Baring-Gould Mehalah I. ix. 176 What have these boys of their own?.. They have nothing, no more than the sea-cobs. |
▪ II. ˈsea-cob2
[cob n.1]
A fish (see cob n.1 3).
| 1655 Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 274 Two Sea-Gudgeons, called Paganelli,..which our western Fisher⁓men call by the Name of Sea-cobs. |