Lob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing.] To let
fall heavily or lazily.
And their poor jades Lob down their heads.
Shak.
To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into
the air.
Lob, v. t. (Mining) See Cob, v. t.
Lob, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zoöl.) The European pollock.
Lo"bar (?), a. Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a
lobe or lobes.
{ Lo"bate (?), Lo"ba*ted (?), } a. [See Lobe.] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of,
or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes
having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. (b)
Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m)
under Aves.
Lo"bate*ly (?), adv. As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate
manner.
Lob"bish (?), a. Like a lob; consisting of lobs. Sir. P. Sidney.
Lob"by (?), n.; pl. Lobbies (#). [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered
portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor. See Lodge.]
1. (Arch.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large
enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber
in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to
one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.
2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official
use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent
such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons,
not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its
proceedings by personal agency. [U.S.]
3. (Naut.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an
old-fashioned cabin under the quarter- deck.
4. (Agric.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or
other fencing, near the farmyard.