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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GOB, n. [Heb. a hill, a boss.] A little mass or collection; a mouthful. [A low word.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog]
2: a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
3: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English gobbe, probably back-formation from gobet Date: 14th century 1. lump 2. a large amount — usually used in plural <gobs of money> II. noun Etymology: probably from Scottish Gaelic, mouth & Irish, beak, pursed mouth Date: circa 1550 chiefly British mouth III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1915 sailor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. esp. Brit. sl. the mouth. Phrases and idioms: gob-stopper a very large hard sweet. Etymology: perh. f. Gael. & Ir., = beak, mouth 2. n. & v. Brit. sl. --n. a clot of slimy matter. --v.intr. (gobbed, gobbing) spit. Etymology: ME f. OF go(u)be mouthful 3. n. sl. a US sailor. Etymology: 20th c.: cf. GOBBY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Goaf Goaf; n.; pl. Goafsor Goaves. [Cf. lst Gob.] (Mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob . To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. --Ure.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Goaf Goaf; n.; pl. Goafsor Goaves. [Cf. lst Gob.] (Mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob . To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. --Ure.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gob Gob (g[o^]b), n. [Cf. Goaf.] (Mining) Same as Goaf.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gob Gob, n. [OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned morsel, poison ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to swallow greedily and without tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird's head and neck. Cf. Gobble, Job, n.] 1. A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful. [Low] --L'Estrange. 2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] --Wright.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gobs, gobbing, gobbed) 1. A person's gob is their mouth. (BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE) Shut your gob. N-COUNT 2. A gob of a thick, unpleasant liquid is a small amount of it. (INFORMAL) ...a gob of spit. N-COUNT: N of n 3. If someone gobs, they spit. (BRIT INFORMAL) At a concert in Leeds, some punks gobbed at them and threw beer cans. VERB: V prep, also V

Hitchcock Bible Dictionary

cistern; grasshopper

Easton's Bible Dictionary

a pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer, in 1 Chr. 20:4.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

gob (gobh): A place mentioned in 2Sa 21:18 f as the scene of two of David's battles with the Philistines. The name appears here only. In the parallel passage, 1Ch 20:4, it is called Gezer (compare Ant, VII, xii, 2). Certain texts read "Nob" for "Gob," while Syriac and Septuagint read "Gath." The latter is probably correct.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The mouth; also a bit or morsel: whence gobbets. Gift of the gob; wide-mouthed, or one who speaks fluently, or sings well.

Moby Thesaurus

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