Defn: In pieces. [Obs.] Huloet.
GOBBING Gob"bing, n. Etym: [See lst Gob.] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C. (b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
GOBBLE
Gob"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling.]
Etym: [Freq. of 2d gob.]
1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. Supper gobbled up in haste. Swift.
2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. Goldsmith.
To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly.
[Slang]
GOBBLE
Gob"ble, v. i.
1. To eat greedily.
2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.
GOBBLE
Gob"ble, n.
Defn: A noise made in the throat.
Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore.