stob

English

Etymology

From Middle English; variant of stub. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

stob (plural stobs)

1. (dialectal, Appalachia, Northern England, Scotland) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 11:

     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. A small post for supporting paling.
3. A wedge in coal-mining.

Verb

stob (third-person singular simple present stobs, present participle stobbing, simple past and past participle stobbed)

1. (dialect, Appalachia, Northern England, Scotland) To stab.

   Synonyms: jab, run through; see also Thesaurus:stab

2. (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To roof with stob-thatch.
3. (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To make mats with a stob tool.

Anagrams

• 'bots, Bots., bost, bots

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

stob

1. first/third-person singular preterite of stieben

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Perhaps of Germanic origin, connected with English stab.

Noun

stob m (genitive singular stuib, plural stoban)

1. stake (pointed stick)
2. stump
3. prick, thorn

Synonyms

• (thorn): droigheann

Verb

stob (past stob, future stobaidh, verbal noun stobadh, past participle stobte)

1. prick, prod
2. push, thrust