COB
Cob
In technical building and engineering documents such as the Uniform Building Code, cob may be referred to as an "unburned clay masonry" when used in a structural context. It might also be referred to as an "aggregate" in non-structural contexts, such as a "clay and sand aggregate" or more simply an "organic aggregate," such as where the cob is an insulating filler between pole and beam construction.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Cob (material)
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cob
Noun
- A male swan.
- A corncob.
- A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.
- A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pise.
- A horse having a stout body and short legs.
- A gull, especially the black-backed gull (Larus marinus); also spelled cobb.
- Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped.
- A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth about four shillings and sixpence.
- One who is eminent, great, large, or rich.
- A spider.
- A fish, the miller's thumb.
- The head of a herring.
- The top or head of anything.
- A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.
- A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
Verb
- To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
Verb (etymology 2)
- To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
- To throw, chuck, lob.
- To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.
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