STOB

stob

(noun) a short straight stick of wood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

stob (plural stobs)

(dialectal, Appalachian, Northern England, Scotland) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.

A small post for supporting paling.

A wedge in coal-mining.

Verb

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

(dialect, Appalachian, Northern England, Scotland) To stab.

(dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To roof with stob-thatch.

(dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To make mats with a stob tool.

Anagrams

• 'bots, Bots., bost, bots

Source: Wiktionary



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