Also 6–7 iobbe. [f. JOB v.1] An act of ‘jobbing’; an abrupt stab with the point or sharp end of anything; a peck, dab, thrust; a jerk or wrench of the bit in a horse’s mouth.
1560. Daus, trans. Sleidane’s Comm., 339. Nicholas Quercey toke the with his wife … and gaue the a iobbe with hys Dagger.
1583. Golding, Calvin on Deut., ciii. 635. A job with his beake is not so great a matter.
1607. Markham, Caval., II. (1617), 198. With his contrary spur to giue him a good stroake or Iobbe to bring him with spirit againe into the managing path.
1611. Cotgr., Vn rabat de bride, a iob, or checke which a horse giues himselfe with his bridle.
1885. Eng. Illustr. Mag., April, 505. It requires a good job to drive the point of a large hook in beyond the barb.
† b. Comb. job-nut, name of a game in which hazel-nuts are perforated and strung through, in order to be knocked against each other: see COB-NUT 2. Obs.
1659. Lady Alimony, II. v. D ij b. All his games … Are yert-point, nine pins, job-nut, or span counter.
