Gob″bing (?), n. [See 1st 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.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.