† herring-cobn.

Etymology: See cob n.¹ 8.

Obsolete.

The head of a herring; figurative a stupid head: cf. cod's head n. (In dictionaries from Littleton onward, given as ‘a young herring’, perhaps through a misunderstanding.)

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1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B Lord high regent of rashers of the coles and red herring cobs.

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) at Cob A herring cob, la teste d'un harang sor.

1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius at Cob A herring-cob, Halecula.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Herring-cob, a young Herring.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth The rubbish and outcast of your herringcobs invention.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	herring-cob
释义	† herring-cobn. Etymology: See cob n.¹ 8. Obsolete. The head of a herring; figurative a stupid head: cf. cod's head n. (In dictionaries from Littleton onward, given as ‘a young herring’, perhaps through a misunderstanding.) ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B Lord high regent of rashers of the coles and red herring cobs. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) at Cob A herring cob, la teste d'un harang sor. 1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius at Cob A herring-cob, Halecula. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Herring-cob, a young Herring. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth The rubbish and outcast of your herringcobs invention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1594
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