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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cobble \Cob"ble\, n.
   A fishing boat. See {Coble}.

Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. [From {Cob} a lump. See {Cob}, n., 9, and
   cf. {Copple}, {Copplestone}.]
   1. A cobblestone. ``Their slings held cobbles round.''
      --Fairfax.

   2. pl. Cob coal. See under {Cob}.

Cobble \Cob"ble\, 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.]
   1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to
      cobble shoes. --Shak. ``A cobbled saddle.'' --Thackeray.

   2. To make clumsily. ``Cobbled rhymes.'' --Dryden.

   3. To pave with cobblestones.

Source : WordNet®

cobble
     n : rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make
         roads [syn: {cobblestone}, {sett}]

cobble
     v 1: pave with cobblestones
     2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
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