cobble

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A cobblestone.
2. n. Geology A rock fragment between 64 and 256 millimeters in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded.
3. n. See cob coal.
4. v. To pave with cobblestones.
5. v. To make or mend (boots or shoes).
6. v. To put together clumsily; bungle: cobbled a plan together at the last minute.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A stone rounded by the action of water, and of a size suitable for use in paving. Smaller stones of the same character are usually called pebbles, and larger ones boulders. Also called cobblestone, cobstone.
2. n. A rounded hill.
3. n. A round nut like a cobble. See cobnut.
4. n. A kernel or stone (of fruit, etc.).
5. n. A lump of coal from the size of an egg to that of a foot-ball.
6. n. An icicle.
7. To mend or patch (especially shoes or boots).
8. Hence To put together, make, or do clumsily, unhandily, or coarsely.
9. To work as a cobbler; work clumsily.
10. n. See coble.
11. n. A name for the red-throated diver, Colymbus septentrionalis.
12. n. In general, any piece of iron or steel which is wasted during rolling or forging: specifically, an imperfectly puddled ball of iron which goes to pieces in the squeezer.

Wiktionary

1. n. A cobblestone.
2. n. geology A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
3. v. intransitive To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
4. v. transitive To assemble in an improvised way.
5. v. transitive, intransitive To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A fishing boat. See coble.
2. n. A cobblestone.
3. n. Cob coal. See under Cob.
4. v. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch.
5. v. To make clumsily.
6. v. To pave with cobblestones.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. repair or mend
2. n. rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
3. v. pave with cobblestones