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Quote:Who can endure a doctrine which would allow only dentists to say whether our teeth were aching, only cobblers to say whether our shoes hurt us, and only governments to tell us whether we were being well governed?[C.S. Lewis]



Definitions of: cob

Definition: The top or head of anything.

Definition: A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person.

Definition: The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.

Definition: A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

Definition: A young herring.

Definition: A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.

Definition: A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.

Definition: A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus).

Definition: A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

Definition: A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut.

Definition: Clay mixed with straw.

Definition: A punishment consisting of blows inflictod on tho buttocas with a strap or a flat piece of wood.

Definition: A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.

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