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cobby, a.|ˈkɒbɪ|
[f. cob n.1 + -y.]
1. (See quots.) dial.
1691Ray N.C. Words, Cobby, stout, hearty, brisk. [Hence in Kersey, Bailey, etc.] 1703Thoresby Lett. Ray, Cobby, sawcy. 1781J. Hutton Tour Caves (E.D.S.) 4 Cobby, in good spirits. 1788W. Marshall E. Yorksh., Cobby, merry, cheerful. 1869Lonsdale Gloss. (Philol. Soc.), Cobby, brisk, lively, in high spirits. 1873Swaledale Gloss., Cobby, pert, lively, cheerful, hilarious. ‘Cobby as a lop.’
2. Headstrong, arrogant. dial.
1785W. Hutton Bran New Wark Epil., We were a happy people indeed till lately, till grown cobby; our family fell to wrangling. 1825in Brockett. 1869Lonsdale Gloss. (Philol. Soc.), Cobby, tyrannical, set up, proud. 1877in Gd. Words XVIII. 5/1 ‘George..is as cobby as sud be.’
3. a. Of the nature of, or like a cob (horse).
1871Daily News 19 Jan., The paragon of cobby screws. 1881Standard 12 May 3/1 A good proportion of the mounts being a little ‘cobby’.
b. Shortish and thickset, ‘stocky’.
1883G. Stables Our Friend the Dog vii. 59 Cobby—Nicely ribbed up, compact in form like a cob-horse. 1891New Review June 545 The cobby man of 5 ft. 5 in. 1909Daily Chron. 26 June 8/5 Pony (Welsh), cobby-built. 1958Bannerman Birds Brit. Isl. VII. 152 The general ‘cobby’ appearance, unusually active movements, and above all the extreme buoyancy [of the harlequin duck].
4. (See quot.) dial. [f. cob n.1 10.]
1863Morton Cycl. Agric. (E.D.S.), Cobby (Linc.), applied to wheat, means short and full. |