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cob-iron
cob-iron Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 5 cobiren, 6 cobern, cobborne, cobyron, cobb iron, 7 cobiron, 7–9 cob-iron. See also cobbard. [app. f. cob n.1 6 + iron, referring to knobs at the ends.] pl. ‘One of the irons on which a spit turns’ (Phillips); ‘the irons hung on the bars of the kitchen-range to suppo...
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goubeyron
goubeyron obs. form of cob-iron.1572 Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 152.
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cobbard
† cobbard Obs. or dial. Also 5 cobarde, coberte, 6 coberd, 8–9 dial. cobbit. See quot. 1879, and cf. cob-iron.c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 663/28 Nomina pertinencia ad pistrinum: Hec uertebra, cobarde. 1481 Will of Langwith (Somerset Ho.), Rakkes oþerwise called cobertes. 1483 Act 1 Rich. III, c. 12 §...
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