† lobn.1
Obsolete.
A spider.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider)
lopc888
attercopc1000
lobc1000
spinnerc1220
araina1300
spider1340
yraync1384
copa1400
spincop1474
copspin1484
ettercapa1525
web-weaver1534
spinster1636
cob1657
weaver1825
araneidan1835
Meggie-lickie-spinnie1849
silk-spinner1868
orbitele1890
c1000 Lambeth Psalter lxxxix. 10 Ure gær swa swa lobbe [L. sicut aranea] oððe rynge beoþ asmeade.
a1325 Prose Psalter xxxviii. 15 Þou madest his soule to stumblen as a lob [L. sicut araneam].
a1325 Prose Psalter lxxxix. 10 Our yeres shal þenchen as þe lob.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
lobn.2
/lɒb/, U.S. /lɑb/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish)
lob-keelingc1325
coalfish1337
lob1357
pollack1427
gull-fish1583
saithe1632
colmey1654
billard1661
rawlin pollack1673
sey-pollack1698
blackmouth1703
billet1769
greenback1772
green cod1776
glossan1780
stenlock179.
harbin1806
coalsey1829
rock salmon1831
rauning pollack1835
green pollack1859
coaly1915
1357 Act 31 Edw. III Stat. 3 c. 2 Les trois sortz de lob, lyng, & cod.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ss3v/1 Lobbe, is a great kinde of north sea fish.
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 161 An act for regulating the price of Lob, Ling, and Cod.
2. A country bumpkin: a clown, lout. Now dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > rustic or peasant > ignorant
chuffc1440
lob1533
lobcocka1556
hick1565
bumpkin1570
swad1572
hob-clunch1578
hoblob1582
clubhutchen1584
gran1591
bacon1598
boor1598
hobbinol1600
homespun1600
lob-coat1604
loblolly1604
hobnail1645
bacon-slicer1653
jobson1660
hob-thrush1682
country put1688
put1688
clodhopper1699
bumpkinet1714
joskin1811
yokel1819
whopstraw1821
chaw-bacon1822
lobeline1844
farmer1864
sheepshagger1958
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > lout, oaf, booby > [noun]
lubber1362
looby1377
howfing?a1513
slouch?1518
bowberta1522
knuckylbonyarda1529
lob1533
lout1548
patch1549
hoballa1556
lilburnea1556
lobcocka1556
chub1558
hick1565
lourd1579
peasant1581
clown1583
lubbard1586
lumberer1593
lump1597
blooterc1600
boobyc1600
lob-coat1604
hoy1607
bacon-brainsa1635
alcatote1638
oaf1638
kelf1665
brute1670
dowf1722
gawky1724
chuckle1731
chuckle-head1731
John Trott1753
stega1823
lummoxa1825
gawk1837
country jakea1854
guffin1862
galoot1866
stot1877
lobster1896
mutt1900
palooka1920
schlub1950
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rude or ignorant
chuffc1440
mobarda1450
lob1533
lobcocka1556
clown1565
hick1565
bumpkin1570
swad1572
peasant1576
hob-clunch1578
hoblob1582
clubhutchen1584
bacon1598
boor1598
hobbinol1600
homespun1600
loblolly lamb1600
lob-coat1604
loblolly1604
hobnail1645
champkina1652
bacon-slicer1653
jobson1660
hob-thrush1682
country put1688
put1688
country cousin1692
clodhopper1699
hawbuck1787
Johnny Raw1803
joskin1811
yokel1819
whopstraw1821
chaw-bacon1822
lobeline1844
country jake1845
Hoosier1846
hayseed1851
Reuben1855
scissorbill1876
agricole1882
country jay1888
rube1891
jasper1896
farmer1903
stump jumper1936
woop woop1936
potato head1948
no-neck1961
1533 Image Ypocr. 1645 To prove oure prelates goddes And lay men very lobbes.
1533 Image Ypocr. 2275 Frier bib, ffrier bob, ffrier lib, ffrier lob.
1550 T. Lever Serm. Thyrd Sondaye in Lente (new ed.) sig. B.viv The rude lobbes of the countrye, whiche be to symple to paynte a lye.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 16 Farewell thou Lobbe of spirits: Ile be gon. View more context for this quotation
1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. D3 The sight of a flat-cap was dreadfull to a Lob.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvii. ix. 91 One that, under the shew of wisedome and learning, was a very lob and foole.
a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 456 William Greyncob an Hind... This Lob too was made principal Prolocutor.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xlvii The Country Lob trudg'd home very much concern'd.
1854 W. Gaskell Lect. Lancs. Dial. 13 We sometimes hear a heavy clumsy man called ‘a great lob of a felley’.
3. Something pendulous, e.g. the wattles of a fowl, hanging blossoms or ornaments, etc. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended
hanging1549
pendule1578
lob1688
suspension1793
hang1857
mouse1860
hang-down1888
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 245/2 The Cock of the Mountain..hath..about the cheeks two red fleshy lobs or gills.
1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. Prol. i. 6 Immense steel spurs, inlaid with silver filigree, and furnished with ‘lobs’ attached to them.
4. A lump, a large piece: a nugget (of gold); a ‘lump’ (of money). Chiefly dialect.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > dense or compact
clota1000
massa1382
gobbetc1384
clustera1387
lumpa1400
wedge1577
loaf1598
knot1631
clumper1673
clue1674
clump1699
lob1825
wodge1847
nugget1851
density1858
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > lump or bar of gold
rulea1382
tongue1535
grain1613
gold bar1713
gold brick1820
lob1825
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Lub, any thing heavy and unwieldy.
1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 9 Faith, we'll gain a lob by id, I'm thinkin'.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Lob..(2) A very large lump. Linc.
1863 Once a week III. 535 (Farmer) He must have a regular lob of gold stowed away somewhere.
1884 J. Rogers New Rush i. 5 Imagine future ‘lobs’ of which they share.
5. Brewing. A thick mixture (see quot. 1839).For the sense cf. loblolly n., lobscouse n.
ΚΠ
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 103 When the wort is discharged into the gyle-tun, it must receive its dose of yeast, which has been previously mixed with a quantity of wort, and left in a warm place till it has begun to ferment. This mixture, called lobb, is then to be put into the tun, and stirred well through the mass.
Compounds
C1. † lob-coat n. Obsolete = lobcock n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > rustic or peasant > ignorant
chuffc1440
lob1533
lobcocka1556
hick1565
bumpkin1570
swad1572
hob-clunch1578
hoblob1582
clubhutchen1584
gran1591
bacon1598
boor1598
hobbinol1600
homespun1600
lob-coat1604
loblolly1604
hobnail1645
bacon-slicer1653
jobson1660
hob-thrush1682
country put1688
put1688
clodhopper1699
bumpkinet1714
joskin1811
yokel1819
whopstraw1821
chaw-bacon1822
lobeline1844
farmer1864
sheepshagger1958
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > lout, oaf, booby > [noun]
lubber1362
looby1377
howfing?a1513
slouch?1518
bowberta1522
knuckylbonyarda1529
lob1533
lout1548
patch1549
hoballa1556
lilburnea1556
lobcocka1556
chub1558
hick1565
lourd1579
peasant1581
clown1583
lubbard1586
lumberer1593
lump1597
blooterc1600
boobyc1600
lob-coat1604
hoy1607
bacon-brainsa1635
alcatote1638
oaf1638
kelf1665
brute1670
dowf1722
gawky1724
chuckle1731
chuckle-head1731
John Trott1753
stega1823
lummoxa1825
gawk1837
country jakea1854
guffin1862
galoot1866
stot1877
lobster1896
mutt1900
palooka1920
schlub1950
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rude or ignorant
chuffc1440
mobarda1450
lob1533
lobcocka1556
clown1565
hick1565
bumpkin1570
swad1572
peasant1576
hob-clunch1578
hoblob1582
clubhutchen1584
bacon1598
boor1598
hobbinol1600
homespun1600
loblolly lamb1600
lob-coat1604
loblolly1604
hobnail1645
champkina1652
bacon-slicer1653
jobson1660
hob-thrush1682
country put1688
put1688
country cousin1692
clodhopper1699
hawbuck1787
Johnny Raw1803
joskin1811
yokel1819
whopstraw1821
chaw-bacon1822
lobeline1844
country jake1845
Hoosier1846
hayseed1851
Reuben1855
scissorbill1876
agricole1882
country jay1888
rube1891
jasper1896
farmer1903
stump jumper1936
woop woop1936
potato head1948
no-neck1961
1604 Wit of Woman G 3 b My bush and my pot, cares not a groate, for such a lob-coate, farewell.
lob grass n. dialect Bromus mollis.
ΚΠ
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 72 The grass which country-people call the hooded-grass, or lob-grass, is apparently of but little value.
lob-tail v. intransitive.
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1933 B. Willoughby Alaskans All 134 Nearby, a third [whale] would pop up and ‘lob-tail’—that is stand on its head with its tail out flaying the sea with thundering blows that sent clouds of spray in every direction.
lob-tailing n. and adj. (see quots.).
ΚΠ
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxvi Five great motions are peculiar to it [sc. the tail of a whale]... Fourth, in lobtailing.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lob-tailing, the act of the sperm whale in violently beating the water with its tail.
1899 F. T. Bullen Idylls of Sea xii. 75 It sounded..as if an extra large whale were ‘lob-tailing’—i.e. poised in the water head downwards, and striking deliberate blows upon its surface with his mighty flukes.
1937 Discovery Oct. 310/1 In ‘lobtailing’, it [sc. the cachalot] stands on its head with its tail some thirty feet out of the sea.
C2. attributive passing into adj. Rustic; clownish, loutish; clumsy. Also appositive as quasi-proper name.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined
boistousc1300
untheweda1325
uplandisha1387
unaffiled1390
rudea1393
knavishc1405
peoplisha1425
clubbedc1440
blunt1477
lob?1507
robust1511
borel1513
carterly1519
clubbish1530
rough?1531
rustical?1532
incondite1539
agrestc1550
rusticc1550
brute1555
lobcocka1556
loutisha1556
carterlike1561
boorish1562
ruggedc1565
lobbish1567
loutlike1567
sowish1570
clownish1581
unrefined1582
impolished1583
homespun1590
transalpinea1592
swaddish1593
unpolished1594
untutored1595
swabberly1596
tartarous1602
porterly1603
lobcocked1606
lob-like1606
cluster-fisted1611
agrestic1617
inurbane1623
unelevated1627
incult1628
unbrushed1640
vulgar1643
unhewed1644
unsmooth1648
hirsute1658
loutardly1658
unhewn1659
roughsome?c1660
sordid1668
inhumanea1680
coarse1699
brutal1709
ramgunshoch1721
tramontane1740
uncouth1740
no-nationa1756
unurbane1760
turnipy1792
rudas1802
common1804
cubbish1819
clodhopping1828
vulgarian1833
cloddish1844
unkempt1846
bush1851
vulgarish1860
rodney1866
crude1876
ignorant1886
yobby1910
nekulturny1932
oikish1959
yobbish1966
ocker1972
down and dirty1977
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 51 I wes laith to be loppin with sic a lob avoir.
1593 ‘P. Foulface’ Bacchus Bountie A 4 The Beziladistes, those deuout doctors of Lob libers canne.
1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. L3v It is a world of sport to heare how some such clouting beetles rowle in their loblogicke.
1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iii. sig. G2v There's a pretty tale of a Witch,.. that had a Giant to her sonne, that was cal'd Lob-lie-by-the-fire.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxv. 116 Grouthead gnat-snappers, lob-dotterels, gaping changelings [etc.].
1874 J. H. Ewing Lob Lie-by-the-Fire Introd. 3 Lob Lie-by-the-fire—the Lubber-fiend, as Milton calls him—is a rough kind of Brownie or House Elf.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. Prelude 4 They lump along like the old lob-legs of Dobbin the horse.
Derivatives
ˈlob-like adj.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined
boistousc1300
untheweda1325
uplandisha1387
unaffiled1390
rudea1393
knavishc1405
peoplisha1425
clubbedc1440
blunt1477
lob?1507
robust1511
borel1513
carterly1519
clubbish1530
rough?1531
rustical?1532
incondite1539
agrestc1550
rusticc1550
brute1555
lobcocka1556
loutisha1556
carterlike1561
boorish1562
ruggedc1565
lobbish1567
loutlike1567
sowish1570
clownish1581
unrefined1582
impolished1583
homespun1590
transalpinea1592
swaddish1593
unpolished1594
untutored1595
swabberly1596
tartarous1602
porterly1603
lobcocked1606
lob-like1606
cluster-fisted1611
agrestic1617
inurbane1623
unelevated1627
incult1628
unbrushed1640
vulgar1643
unhewed1644
unsmooth1648
hirsute1658
loutardly1658
unhewn1659
roughsome?c1660
sordid1668
inhumanea1680
coarse1699
brutal1709
ramgunshoch1721
tramontane1740
uncouth1740
no-nationa1756
unurbane1760
turnipy1792
rudas1802
common1804
cubbish1819
clodhopping1828
vulgarian1833
cloddish1844
unkempt1846
bush1851
vulgarish1860
rodney1866
crude1876
ignorant1886
yobby1910
nekulturny1932
oikish1959
yobbish1966
ocker1972
down and dirty1977
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 20 He yawnes; and leaning-on His (Lob-like) elbow, heares This Message done.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enlourdi, growne dull, sotish, lumpish, heauie-headed, lob-like.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lobn.3
/lɒb/, U.S. /lɑb/ Mining.
plural. Steps in a mine. Also applied to an irregular vein of ore resembling a flight of steps.
ΚΠ
1681 T. Houghton Compl. Miner (E.D.S.) Lobs, steps that ascend or descend within the mines, as stairs up to and down from a chamber.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Mjb When we drive Dipping downwards, we go by Stairs or Lobbs so as the diping requires.
1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 Nat. Hist. 99/1 The descent is about 160 yards, through different lodgments, by ladders, lobs, and cross-pieces of timber let into the rock.
1851 T. Tapping Chron. Customs Lead Mines Gloss. 28 Also when the ore in a vein does not go down perpendicularly, but only a few yards at once, then level for a yard or two, and then sets down again, such veins are called lobbs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lobn.4
/lɒb/, U.S. /lɑb/ Thieves' slang.
A box; a till.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun]
boxc1300
packa1393
money coffer1525
money box1585
cashc1595
kista1625
shuttle1626
money chest1683
lob1718
cash-chest1719
bank coffer1797
casket1832
cash-box1834
Peter1859
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] > till or cash-register
till-box1692
till1698
lob1819
Peter1827
damper1846
cash register1879
register1879
1718 C. Hitchin True Discov. Conduct Receivers 15 (Farmer) A wedge lobb, alias gold or silver snuff-box.
1753 Discov. J. Poulter (ed. 2) 39 A Lobb full of Glibbs, a Box full of Ribbons.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 187 Lob, a till or money-drawer.
1868 Temple Bar 24 537 ‘Lob’ means the till.
Compounds
lob-crawler n. a till-thief.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > from tills
lob-crawler1887
till-tapper1893
1887 J. W. Horsley Jottings from Jail 25 Poor old Jim, the lob crawler, fell from Racker and got pinched.
lob-crawling n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > from tills
lob-sneaking1868
till-tapping1893
lob-crawling1894
1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets 259 Scuddy made a comfortable living in the several branches of lob-crawling and peter claiming.
lob-sneaking n. robbing tills.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > from tills
lob-sneaking1868
till-tapping1893
lob-crawling1894
1868 Temple Bar 24 537 Stealing the till and opening the safe is what we call ‘lob-sneaking’ and ‘Peter-screwing’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lobn.5
/lɒb/, U.S. /lɑb/ Sport.attributive.1865 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 20) 59 A good lob-bowler and excellent long-stop.1871 ‘Thomsonby’ Cricketers in Council 40 The best lob bowlers by a mere turn of the wrist impart an enormous amount of twist to the ball.1871 ‘Thomsonby’ Cricketers in Council 40 ‘Lob’ bowling is, we believe, rather undervalued at the present day.1883 Standard 3 Aug. 6/5 Preston made a very poor show..against the lob bowling of Mr. Walker.1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 160 Every batsman..knows the danger of playing wildly at under-hand ‘lobs’…Occasional mistakes are made, no doubt, when an unexpected lob bowler appears.
1. Cricket. A slow underhand ball.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball
full toss1826
long hop1830
twister1832
bail ball1833
bailer1833
grubber1837
slow ball1838
wide1838
ground ball1839
shooter1843
slower ball1846
twiddler1847
creeper1848
lob1851
sneak1851
sneaker1851
slow1854
bumper1855
teaser1856
daisy-cutter1857
popper1857
yorker1861
sharpshooter1863
headball1866
screwball1866
underhand1866
skimmerc1868
grub1870
ramrod1870
raymonder1870
round-armer1871
grass cutter1876
short pitch1877
leg break1878
lob ball1880
off-break1883
donkey-drop1888
tice1888
fast break1889
leg-breaker1892
kicker1894
spinner1895
wrong 'un1897
googly1903
fizzer1904
dolly1906
short ball1911
wrong 'un1911
bosie1912
bouncer1913
flyer1913
percher1913
finger-spinner1920
inswinger1920
outswinger1920
swinger1920
off-spinner1924
away swinger1925
Chinaman1929
overspinner1930
tweaker1938
riser1944
leg-cutter1949
seamer1952
leggy1954
off-cutter1955
squatter1955
flipper1959
lifter1959
cutter1960
beamer1961
loosener1962
doosra1999
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field ix. 178 Practise high lobs—a most useful variety of ball.
1875 Times 29 June 12/1 At 67 Mr. Greenfield tried three overs of lobs.
1882 Daily Tel. 20 May Humphreys tried his lobs once more, and got rid of Garrett almost directly.
1891 W. G. Grace Cricket ix. 250 An article on bowling would not be complete without some reference to slow underhand, or, to use the familiar word, ‘lobs’.
2. Tennis. (See quot.) Also attributive in lob-volley.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > types of stroke
service1611
serving1688
screw1865
cut1874
cutting service1874
boast1878
first serve1878
smash1882
twister1884
cross-shot1889
lob1890
ground stroke1895
lob ball1900
twist service1901
boasting1902
cross-volley1905
get1911
chop1913
forehander1922
kick serve1925
forehand1934
touch shot1936
dink1939
net shot1961
overhead1964
groundie1967
slice1969
moonball1975
moonballing1977
1890 C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 238 When a lob is about to drop near the base-line it is now generally returned either by the ‘lob-volley’.., which is a defensive stroke, or the player runs back and returns it again with a lob.
1890 C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 242 The ‘lob’ is a ball tossed high in the air, and, if possible, over the opponent's head... As a ‘toss’ it was known and tolerated long before it was condemned as a ‘lob’.
1890 C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 245 The service, the stroke off the ground, the volley, the half-volley, and the lob.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lobv.
/lɒb/, U.S. /lɑb//lɒbd/, lobbing.ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (intransitive)] > behave in ill-mannered or unrefined way
to play the bear1579
lob1596
clown1600
vulgarize1605
swab1638
hoyden1709
lout1807
1596 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 92 There is no man that doth well knowe mee, that will beeleeve that I would (if I had not been distempered by surfett and drinke) ryde lobbinge and dawinge to rayle at your Lordship.
2. transitive. To cause or allow to hang heavily; to droop. ? Obsolete exc. slang.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > place or hold body in relaxed posture [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body
relax?a1425
remit?1518
loll1575
hang1598
relaxate1598
loba1616
flag1637
slacken1663
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 47 Their poore Iades Lob downe their heads, dropping the hides and hips. View more context for this quotation
1821 P. Egan Real Life in London I. 187 The dancing party..were lobbing their lollys [= heads] on..the table.
3.
a. intransitive. To move heavily or clumsily; to walk along with a slow lumbering movement. Of a cabman: To ‘crawl’ or ‘prowl’ in search of a fare.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move heavily or clumsily
lumberc1400
lumper1581
lob1819
hulka1825
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [verb (intransitive)] > drive a cab > travel at random seeking business
lob1819
cruise1930
to hang up1930
1819 ‘P. Bobbin’ Sequel to Lancs. Dial. 21 (E.D.D.) So off I lobb'd.
1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 81 Keeping a sharp look-out for any night cabman who may be ‘lobbing’, as the phrase is, off his stand.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. (at cited word) To lob along, to walk loungingly.
1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 363 The lion..may next be seen lobbing up some open grassy ascent.
1865 Irish Times 18 Sept. A number of car drivers were prosecuted for ‘lobbing’.
1887 L. Oliphant Episodes 86 The enemy's shells came lobbing into it [the trench].
1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 744/1 Our ponies..lobbing and lurching through the heavy sand.
b. to lob (in), to arrive. Australian slang.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive
comeOE
to come to townOE
yworthOE
lend11..
lightc1225
to come anovenonc1275
wina1300
'rivec1300
repaira1325
applyc1384
to come ina1399
rede?a1400
arrivec1400
attainc1400
alightc1405
to come to handc1450
unto-comec1450
apport1578
to be along1597
to drop in1609
to come ona1635
to walk in1656
land1679
engage1686
to come along1734
to get in1863
to turn up1870
to fall in1900
to lob1916
to roll up1920
to breeze in1930
to rock up1975
1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 56 'Twas at a beano where I lobs along To drown them memories o' fancied wrong.
1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 125 To lob, to arrive.
1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Dec. 25/2 Scrubby lobs in one sundown while Old Dave is over with the storekeeper.
1950 K. S. Prichard Winged Seeds ii. 24 You never knew who'd lob into the camp.
1970 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 5 July 30/5 When they had 15 pines on board, the farmer lobbed on the scene.
4.
a. transitive. To throw heavily or clumsily; to toss or bowl with a slow movement. In Tennis, to strike (a ball) well into the air so as to fall at the back of the opponent's court; also absol.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > heavily or clumsily
heavea1592
lob1847
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > play tennis [verb (transitive)] > strike ball in specific way
cut1875
volley1875
smash1882
lob1889
block1895
overhit1919
softball1927
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Lob. (1) To throw gently. Sussex... (7) To cast or throw. Durham.
1880 Maitland in Encycl. Brit. XI. 313/2 Suppose..that shell are being lobbed from behind a parapet at high angles into a work.
1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 70 Sandbags..which are pulled down one by one, and..lobbed over the others by hand.
1889 W. M. Brownlee Lawn-tennis 141 If you can lob at a good pace just over his head, you may beat him altogether, and score.
1889 W. M. Brownlee Lawn-tennis 142 Sweet..lobbed to him six balls in succession.
1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 87 Martini-Henri carbines that would lob a bullet into an enemy's camp at one thousand yards.
b. To send (a player) a lobbed ball.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > play tennis [verb (transitive)] > play against in specific way
lob1921
ace1923
moonball1982
softball1982
1921 A. W. Myers Twenty Years Lawn Tennis 135 Having discovered the wisdom of lobbing Barrett, Hackett..allowed McLoughlin to kill anything smashable.
1928 Daily Tel. 5 June 17/1 As soon as one is certain of not being lobbed.
1972 D. Delman Sudden Death (1973) vi. 170 He lunges for the backhand volley... He is off balance, out of position, and I lob him wickedly.
5. Brewing. To add ‘lob’ (see lob n.2 5) to (wort).
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1838 T. 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.
6. Metallurgy. (See quot. 1875.)
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1338/1 Lobbing (Metallurgy), breaking blocks of ore into pieces with the hammer, for assortment as to quality with such ores as copper, and for more effectual treatment in the preparatory roasting or calcining processes.
Derivatives
lobbed adj.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened > (as if) by cutting
cuttedc1386
docked1408
stucked?a1439
trunked1552
cropped1558
lopped1570
short-cut1596
stumped1598
dubbeda1661
truncated1704
truncate1717
well-cropped1805
clipped1870
junky1873
lobbed1883
crop1957
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 July 4/1 [Champion Lawn Tennis] A lobbed return with a twist.
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transitive. In extended use: to toss or throw (a question, statement, remark, etc.) at someone; spec. to ask (a question) that is easy to answer, or designed to demonstrate the respondent's strengths.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > ask a question
askOE
puta1350
inquirea1400
speera1500
demand1502
pose1862
to put up1901
lob1952
1952 Washington Post 4 May 5 b/3 One side, the McCarthy side,..is presented by Cosmopolitan, which lobs several fat questions down the middle and permits the Senator to swing on them.
1977 Time 21 Feb. 28/3 They are cold, loveless creatures, incapable of responding to one another except by lobbing epigrams..back and forth.
2019 Daily Mail (Nexis) 27 Nov. [He] habitually refuses to expose himself to tough examinations by non-partisan interviewers, often preferring to surround himself with sycophants who lob easy questions.
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