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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Haughty; purse-proud. See

Noun.

, 2.

[Obs.]

Withals (1608).

cobbing ‎(plural cobbings)

(nautical) an unofficial form of punishment among the crew involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood

cobbing ‎(comparative more cobbing, superlative most cobbing)

(obsolete) haughty; purse-proud
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