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Stob

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting. Appalachia, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal

    "He climbed from the skiff and tied up at a stob and labored up the thick grassless bank toward the arches where the bridge went to earth."

  2. 2
    a short straight stick of wood wordnet
  3. 3
    A small post for supporting paling.
  4. 4
    A wedge in coal-mining.
Verb
  1. 1
    To stab. Appalachia, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
  2. 2
    To roof with stob-thatch. Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
  3. 3
    To make mats with a stob tool. Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English; variant of stub.

Etymology 2

From Middle English; variant of stub.

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