n A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
n Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the w:Spanish Empire|Spanish Empire and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped.
v To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.