631: lobster Aug 30, 2016

As was discussed March 14, 2016, 'cob' in 'cobweb' means ‘spider’. The other sense of 'cob' as in 'corn on the cob' relates to roasting animals on a spit. 'Cob' was not the only word that meant 'spider'. In addition to the aforementioned words that meant 'spider', there was an Old English word, 'loppe' which meant 'spider'. The adjectival ending, '-(e)stre' was added, making 'loppestre' in the sense of 'spider-like' giving us the Modern English word, 'lobster'.