(n.) A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut.
(n.) A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.
(n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person.
(n.) A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.
(n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
(n.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus).
(n.) A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.
(n.) A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.
(n.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.
(n.) A young herring.
(n.) Clay mixed with straw.
(n.) The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.
(n.) The top or head of anything.
(v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.
(v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.
(v. t.) To strike