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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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gawberd
† ˈgawberd Obs. Also -bert, -barte. [Of obscure origin; the first element is perh. = OE. gealᵹ- gallows, as in gallows-balk. The word seems to have been confused inextricably with cobbard.] (See quot. 1847–78.)1483 Cath. Angl. 151/2 A Gawbert, jpepurgium. 1520 Lanc. Wills II. 10 All my iron broches ...
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gobart
† gobard, gobart Obs. Vars. of cobbard, gawberd.1403 Nottingham Rec. II. 20 Unius gobart de ferro. 1411 Ibid. 86, j. gobard, iijd. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 770/3 Hec ipepurgium [printed ipegurgium], a gobard.
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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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