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English Dictionary: gob by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gob
n
  1. a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog]
  2. a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
  3. informal terms for the mouth
    Synonym(s): trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goaf \Goaf\; n.; pl. {Goafs}or {Goaves}. [Cf. lst {Gob}.]
      (Mining)
      That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially
      or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called
      also {gob} .
  
      {To work the goaf} [or] {gob}, to remove the pillars of
            mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and
            replace them with props. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gob \Gob\ (g[ocr]b), n. [Cf. {Goaf}.] (Mining)
      Same as {Goaf}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gob \Gob\, n. [OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned
      morsel, poison ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to
      swallow greedily and without tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob
      mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird's head and neck. Cf. {Gobble},
      {Job}, n.]
      1. A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.
            [Low] --L'Estrange.
  
      2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] --Wright.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gob
      a pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer,
      in 1 Chr. 20:4.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Gob, cistern; grasshopper
  
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