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Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a
little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zool.)
(a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius
virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait},
{leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}.
(b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
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Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zool.)
A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius}), native both
of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod,
and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called
{coalfish}, {lob}, {podley}, {podling}, {pollack}, etc.
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Lob \Lob\ (l[o^]b), n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow,
a blockhead. Cf. {Looby}, {Lubber}.]
1. A dull, heavy person. " Country lobs." --Gauden.
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2. Something thick and heavy.
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Lob \Lob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbed} (l[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Lobbing}.]
2. To let fall heavily or lazily.
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And their poor jades
Lob down their heads. --Shak.
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2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory;
as, to lob a grenade at the enemy.
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{To lob a ball} (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send
it up into the air.
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Lob \Lob\, v. t. (Mining)
See {Cob}, v. t.
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Lob \Lob\, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zool.)
The European pollock.
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Lob \Lob\, n.
The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which
sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player
at the net.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]