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stob en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English; variant of stub.

Meanings

  1. (Appalachia, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
    • 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. 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 11:
  2. A small post for supporting paling.
  3. A wedge in coal-mining.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stobs Number=Plur lexicographic

stob en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English; variant of stub.

Meanings

  1. (Appalachia, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal) To stab.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal) To roof with stob-thatch.
  3. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal) To make mats with a stob tool.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stobbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stobs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stobbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stobbed Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

yerk · chef · gride · run through · pink · poach · juke · stick · gore · shank · jab · chib · jab · kebab · stob · thrust · splash · foin · job · knifecrime · shiv · stab · spear · ching · speet · enthrill · lancinate · stog · pigstick · chive · run through