stob

[ stob ]

/ stɒb /

noun Chiefly South Midland U.S.

a post, stump, or stake.

Nearby words

Origin of stob

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of stub¹

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Examples from the Web for stob

One who forms or mends thatched roofs with a stob, or stake, S. B.
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language|John Jamieson
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
Varney had been in the section next mine at Stob's Camp in Scotland, he told me.
Trenching at Gallipoli|John Gallishaw
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

Stob a leedle, or py yiminey I soak yer in der chaw mit dot moosic!
Jack Wright and His Electric Stage;|"Noname"

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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