gobbing

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Verb

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gobbing

  1. present participle and gerund of gob

Noun

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gobbing (plural gobbings)

  1. (mining) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
    • 1850, John Phillips, Report on the Ventilation of Mines and Collieries:
      This objection , however , applies still more to the case of a road which has solid on one side , and gobbing on the other.
  2. The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

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