And their poor jades
Lob down their heads. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory;
as, to lob a grenade at the enemy.
[PJC]
{To lob a ball} (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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