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Define the word gob

Gob \Gob\ (g[o^]b), n. [Cf. Goaf.] (Mining)
   Same as Goaf.
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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.
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   2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] --Wright.
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Gob \Gob\ (g[o^]b), n.
   Same as sailor. [Colloq.]
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Goaf \Goaf\; n.; pl. Goafsor Goaves. [Cf. 1st 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 .
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   To work the goaf or To work the gob, to remove the
      pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the
      roof, and replace them with props. --Ure.
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gob
     n 1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar,
           Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, sea dog]
     2: a lump of slimey stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
     3: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole,
         maw, yap]

174 Moby Thesaurus words for "gob":
   Naval Reservist, Royal Marine, Seabee, accumulation, acervation,
   agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, amassment,
   amount, ball, balloon, batch, bazoo, bit, bite, bladder, blob,
   block, bluejacket, boll, bolus, boot, bubble, budget, bulb, bulbil,
   bulblet, bulk, bunch, butt, cadet, champ, chaps, chaw, chew, chip,
   chomp, chops, chunk, clip, clipping, clod, clump, clutch, collop,
   congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, count,
   crumb, cud, cumulation, cut, cutting, deal, dollop, dose,
   ellipsoid, embouchure, end, fragment, frogman, gab, gathering,
   geoid, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomeration, glomerulus,
   gnash, gobbet, group, heap, horse marine, hunch, hunk, jaw, jaws,
   jolly, jowls, kisser, knob, knot, large amount, lips, loads, loaf,
   lot, lump, mandibles, marine, mass, maw, maxilla, measure, mess,
   midshipman, midshipmite, million, modicum, moiety, morsel, mouth,
   mouthful, mug, munch, mush, muzzle, naval cadet, navy man, nibble,
   nip, nugget, number, oblate spheroid, oodles, oral cavity, orb,
   orbit, orblet, pack, parcel, paring, part, particle, pat, pellet,
   piece, portion, premaxilla, prolate spheroid, quantities, quantity,
   quid, rasher, ration, rondure, row, scoop, scrap, shard, shaving,
   shiver, shred, slice, sliver, small amount, smithereen, snack,
   snap, snatch, snip, snippet, snowball, sphere, spheroid, spherule,
   splinter, stitch, stockpile, stump, sum, swabbie, swallow, tatter,
   trap, wad, wads, yap

Gob
   a pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer,
   in 1 Chr. 20:4.
   

Gob, cistern; grasshopper