cobbing

American  

[kob-ing] / ˈkɒb ɪŋ /

noun

Metallurgy.

1. old refractory material removed from furnaces.

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Etymology

Origin of cobbing

1760–70; cob (v.) to break up, special use of cob + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He is frequently "cobbing" his engine, flying "balls to the wall," and coming close to "augering in."

From Time Magazine Archive

And Mostafa takes the Bulgarian Keeper to task for cobbing — excessive use of elbows!”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Others now joined in; some were for cobbing poor Gerrard forthwith; others, who had not had their supper, insisted on the mustard-pot being first replenished.

From Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy by Kingston, William Henry Giles

This cobbing is a very troublesome and expensive process, costing about 5 dollars a ton.

From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.

Ore Dressing, etc.—This consists simply in the separation of the ore by hand at the mines into different qualities, by women and boys with small hammers, the process being that known as "cobbing" in Cornwall.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various