A more likely explanation is that ancient crystal skull carvers first chipped (cobbed) piecees off a block of material that was destined to be shaped into a skull.

[…] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings.

For Mr. Rosedale did Laura wear vestal white, when every one else was à la Zamiel, and a cottage bonnet—a cottage ornée, to be sure—when every other head was in a hat.

Eiswein is made from frosted grapes.