(kob) noun
1. A roundish mass, heap, or lump, as a piece of coal or stone.
2. The woody spike of an ear of corn around which the kernels grow; a corncob.
3. A strong, thick-set, short-legged horse.
4. The male of the swan.
5. Brit. Dial. A leading man; a leader. [ME cobbe; origin uncertain]

(kob) noun Brit.
A gull, especially the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus). Also cobb. [Cf. Du. kobbe gull]