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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOB, n. [from L. mobilis, movable, variable.]
1. A crowd or promiscuous multitude of people, rude, tumultuous and disorderly.
2. A disorderly assembly.
Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
3. A huddled dress.
MOB, v.t. To attack in a disorderly crowd; to harass tumultuously.
1. To wrap up in a cowl or vail.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: mob, rabble, rout]
2: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities [syn: syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family]
3: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring, mob] v
1: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Latin mobile vulgus vacillating crowd Date: 1688 1. a large or disorderly crowd; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action 2. the lower classes of a community ; masses, rabble 3. chiefly Australian a flock, drove, or herd of animals 4. a criminal set ; gang; especially often capitalized Mafia 1 5. chiefly British a group of people ; crowd Synonyms: see crowd • mobbish adjective II. transitive verb (mobbed; mobbing) Date: 1709 1. to crowd about and attack or annoy <mobbed by autograph hunters> <a crow mobbed by songbirds> 2. to crowd into or around <customers mob the stores on sale days>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a disorderly crowd; a rabble. 2 (prec. by the) usu. derog. the populace. 3 colloq. a gang; an associated group of persons. 4 Austral. a flock or herd. --v.tr. & intr. (mobbed, mobbing) 1 tr. a crowd round in order to attack or admire. b (of a mob) attack. c US crowd into (a building). 2 intr. assemble in a mob. Phrases and idioms: mob law (or rule) law or rule imposed and enforced by a mob. Derivatives: mobber n. & adj. Etymology: abbr. of mobile, short for L mobile vulgus excitable crowd: see MOBILE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mob Mob, n. [See Mobcap.] A mobcap. --Goldsmith.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mob Mob, v. t. To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mob Mob, n. [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See Mobile, n.] 1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it. A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters. --Addison. 2. Hence: A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. --Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. --Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. --Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law. Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. [Slang] --Dickens.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mob Mob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mobbing.] To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mobs, mobbing, mobbed) 1. A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering. N-COUNT 2. People sometimes use the mob to refer in a disapproving way to the majority of people in a country or place, especially when these people are behaving in a violent or uncontrolled way. If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over... N-SING: the N, N n [disapproval] 3. You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob. (INFORMAL) ...casinos that the Mob had operated... N-SING: usu the N, N n 4. If you say that someone is being mobbed by a crowd of people, you mean that the people are trying to talk to them or get near them in an enthusiastic or threatening way. They found themselves being mobbed in the street for autographs. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Tumultuous rabble, rude multitude, lawless crowd. 2. Populace, riff-raff, lower orders, vulgar herd, scum of society, dregs of the people, ragtag-and-bobtail, canaille. 3. Mob-cap.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	MOB
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASO
FAA District	JAN
State	AL
State	ALABAMA
County	MOBILE
County State	AL
City Name	MOBILE
Full Name	MOBILE REGIONAL
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"MOBILE, AL 36608-0004"
Elevation	219
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	NEW ORLEANS
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	11
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	W
Airport Certification Type and Date	I CS 05/1973
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGRY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	Y
Joint Use	Y
Military Landing Rights	Y
MIL_INT	A/R
Control Tower	Y
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	031
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	021
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	010
Based Military Aircraft	017
Commercial Services	006519
Air Taxi	011104
General Aviation, Local Operations	009461
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	017528
Military Aircraft Operations	060107
Latitude	30.6914166667
Longitude	-88.2428333333
State FIPS code	01
State Postal Code	AL
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	308227
Version	09

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