Gob"bet (?), n. [OE. & F. gobet. See 2d Gob.] A mouthful; a lump; a
small piece. Spenser.
[He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets.
Wyclif.
Gob"bet, v. t. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [Low]
L'Estrange.
Gob"bet*ly, adv. In pieces. [Obs.] Huloet.
Gob"bing (?), n. [See lst Gob.] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back
into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob
stuff. Brande & C.
(b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
Gob"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling
(?).] [Freq. of 2d gob.]