1542. Apop. of Erasmus [1878], p. 14. A bodie thinketh hymself well emende in his substaunce and riches, to whom hath happened some good gubbe of money, and maketh a great whinyng if he haue had any losse of the same. 1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, in wks., v., 261. And thrust him downe his pudding house at a gobbe. 1605. Chapman, All Fools, Act iii., p. 62 (Plays, 1874). Ri. And do you think He’ll swallow down the gudgeon? Go. O my life, It were a gross gob would not down with him. 1611. L. Barry, Ram. Alley, I., i. That little land he gave, Throate the lawyer swallowed at one gob For less than half the worth. 1689. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 50 (Arber’s ed.). The meaning of the Law was, that so much should be taken from a man, such a gobbet sliced off, that yet notwithstanding he might live in the same Rank and Condition he lived in before; but now they Fine men ten times more than they are worth. 1690. B. E., Dict. Canting Crew, s.v. Gob(c) ... also a Bit or Morsel; hence gobbets, now more in use for little Bits. 1748. T. Dyche, Dictionary (5th ed.). Gob or gobbet (s.) a piece just big enough, or fit to be put into the mouth at once. 1774. Foote, Cozeners, ii., 2. The venison was over-roasted, and stunk—but Doctor Dewlap twisted down such gobs of fat. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. 1816. Johnson, Eng. Dict. (12th ed.). Gob, a small quantity, a low word. 1869. S. L. Clemens (M. Twain), Innocents Abroad, ch. vii. It is pushed out into the sea on the end of a flat, narrow strip of land, and is suggestive of a gob of mud on the end of a shingle. 2. (common).—The mouth. Shut your gob = an injunction to silence. See Gab. A spank on the gob = a blow on the mouth. Gob-full of claret = a bleeding at the mouth. Gift of the gab or gob, see Gab. For synonyms see Potato-trap. 1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Gob, the Mouth. 1819. T. Moore, Tom Crib’s Memorial, p. 18. Home-hits in the bread-basket, clicks in the gob. Ibid., p. 30. 1836. M. Scott, Tom Cringle’s Log, ch. 1. ‘All right—all right,’ I then exclaimed, as I thrust half a doubled-up muffin into my gob. 1851–61. H. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor, vol. I., p. 469. I managed somehow to turn my gob (mouth) round and gnawed it away. 3. (common).—A mouthful of spittle. Fr., un copeau; It., smalzo di cavio (= gutter-butter). For synonyms, see Sixpences. Verb. (common).—1. To swallow in mouthfuls; to gulp down. Also gobble (q.v.). 1692. L’Estrange, Fables. Down comes a kite powdering upon them, and gobbets up both together. 2. (common).—To expectorate. Fr., glavioter (popular); molarder. Gobbie, subs. (nautical).—A coastguardsman; whence gobbie-ship, a man of war engaged in the preventive service.