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   Cobble , n. A fishing boat. See Coble.
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   Cobble, n. [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
   A cobblestone. “Their slings held cobbles round.”  
   Fairfax.
   
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   pl. Cob coal. See under Cob.
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   Cobble , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbling .] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. Couple, n. & v. t.]
   To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak.  “A cobbled saddle.” Thackeray.
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   To make clumsily. “Cobbled rhymes.”  
   Dryden.
   
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   To pave with cobblestones.
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