Gobbing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.

    "This objection , however , applies still more to the case of a road which has solid on one side , and gobbing on the other."

  2. 2
    The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gob form-of, gerund, participle, present

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cakeholemawtraptrapyapaccumulation

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"This objection , however , applies still more to the case of a road which has solid on one side , and gobbing on the other."

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