cobble

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cobble
    n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make
         roads [syn: {cobble}, {cobblestone}, {sett}]
    v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: {cobble}, {cobblestone}]
    2: repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cobble \Cob"ble\, n.
   A fishing boat. See {Coble}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. pl. Cob coal. See under {Cob}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." --Dryden.
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   3. To pave with cobblestones.
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