cobbing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. an unofficial form of punishment among the crew or prisoners involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood or a handsaw. countable,uncountable
    — Previous to the infliction of cobbing, or booting, the delinquent is fairly tried by a court, consisting of–a president, the oldest soldier; members, next two oldest soldiers, youngest soldier, next youngest soldier.
  2. The manual separation of minerals in ore using a hammer. countable,uncountable
    — It is, therefore, always so arranged that the dressing progresses gradually through all the operations, beginning in the mine and ending with the cobbing, or, as the case may be. with the concentration.
  3. The production of cobs. countable,uncountable
    — In America, Canada, and Central Europe, for example, snow lies feet deep on the ground in the winter, and the summers are sufficiently hot to enable maize to be grown successfully for cobbing,
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of cob form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

cobbings plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English cob
English -ing
English cobbing
From cob + -ing.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English cob
English -ing
English cobbing
From cob + -ing.
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