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▪ I. lobbing, vbl. n.|ˈlɒbɪŋ| [f. lob v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. lob, in various senses.
1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. 160 Samuel Long is a slow bowler, George Simmons a fast one, and the change from Long's lobbing to Simmons's fast balls posed them completely. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 1019 The distillers make the specific gravity of their wort as high as from 1·084 to 1·110..by lobbing, that is, by preparing a strong infusion of the flour of malt, or of barley, and malt, and hot water, and adding this almost saturated solution to the wort, till it has acquired the requisite strength. 1851Pycroft Cricket Field ix. 179 The old-fashioned under-hand lobbing. 1865Irish Times 18 Sept., A number of car drivers were prosecuted for ‘lobbing’. 1875[see lob v. 6]. 1889W. M. Brownlee Lawn-Tennis 140 Lobbing has caused more fits of temper than any stroke in the game. Ibid., I had omitted to give him full credit for his lobbing powers. ▪ II. ˈlobbing, ppl. a. [f. lob v. + -ing2.] That lobs (in various senses).
1840E. E. Napier Scenes and Sports For. Lands I. ii. 26 The gaunt wolf, whom thou hast before now forced to drop his long lobbing pace, and put his best foot foremost. 1851Pycroft Cricket Field xi. 223 A lobbing bowler. 1860Russell Diary India I. xvii. 268 Some wounds from lobbing round-shot. 1891R. Weir Riding (Badm. Libr.) iv. 105 There are..plenty of horses that from bad riding get into a loose lobbing canter behind the hand. |