stob

[ stob ]

/ stɒb /

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noun Chiefly South Midland U.S.

a post, stump, or stake.

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Origin of stob

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of stub¹

Words nearby stob

stmt, St. Nazaire, stoa, stoat, stoating, stob, stoccado, stochastic, stochastic matrix, stochastic terrorism, stochastic variable

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Example sentences from the Web for stob

Stob, stob, n. a small post for supporting paling: a wedge in coal-mining.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
He would take his knife and stob my risings to see the matter pop way out.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
Stob a leedle, or py yiminey I soak yer in der chaw mit dot moosic!
Jack Wright and His Electric Stage;|"Noname"
True, Ma never hesitated about taking a willow switch to him when he was a young 'un, or a stob of kindling when he got older.
Sonny|Rick Raphael

They drove up a stob, nailed a piece to a tree stacked their guns.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration

British Dictionary definitions for stob

stob

/ (stɒb) /

noun

Scot, Northern English and US dialect a post or stump

Word Origin for stob

C14: variant of stub

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noun Chiefly South Midland U.S.

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