cobiron - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From cob +‎ iron, from cob (“the top”).

cobiron (plural cobirons)

1. (obsolete) An andiron with a knob at the top.

   • a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals:

     the implements of the kitchen ; as spits , ranges , cobirons , pots , etc

• “cobiron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• boronic, con brio

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