scob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒb/
Forms: form: scobs
form: scobbing
form: scobbed
form: scobbed
Etymology: The Scottish National Dictionary derives the weaving sense from earlier Scottish and Northern English dialectal use of scob to refer to a split or splinter or piece of wood, which it derives from the Middle Irish [Term?] source of Irish scolb (“splinter”); compare Scots skelf.
Senses: examples: text: But still it may be tripped by the shed in its course; or the work may be scobbed by the shuttle running under, or over, the shed
ref: 1846, George White, A practical treatise on weaving, page 75:
text: To go beyond that is at the expense of the yarn, as it has then to bear an unnecessary strain, and it is apt to scob the warp and skift the weft while the shuttle is in motion .
ref: 1893, William Leggatt, Letterpress, page 70:
text: This will take out the reed marks and, of course, by having the lower beams there is less liability to scobbing and skifting, which are great faults.
ref: 1915, Indian Industries and Power - Volume 12, page 363:
text: This morning I have a letter from Laurence Hogan telling me that you have been scobbing in the mill since the murders and of course I am shocked to hear it.
ref: 1992, Nancy F. Cott, History of Women in the United States, page 632:
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
weaving
glosses: To create a scob.
examples: text: Yes, that was one of the principal grievances; that a man should stand on the hill to see justice done between man and man; there may be what we call scobbing.
ref: 1836, Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons, page 86:
text: James and the miners referred to it as “scobbing up the coal”, which merely meant that they were getting the last useable coal available from the mine.
ref: 2007, Drew Hudson, In the Field of Black Diamonds, page 116:
qualifier: coal mining
glosses: To pack a wagon with large pieces on top so as to hide gaps resulting from it not being completely filled.
examples: text: This lass, Nelly Long, was dressish and dapper, And tho' our Dick was a good-looking lad, She scobbed him, and scoffed him, for she was a snapper, And said as right how, that she war'nt to be had.
ref: 1824, Mr Merryman, Comic songs and recitations, page 25:
text: “Okay,” said the dark, barrel-chested kid, “Whynt we just have the same captains as yesterday?” “Yeah, but not the same teams.” “Too lopsided.” “That was a slaughter." “We got scobbed."
ref: 1978, Baseball I Gave You All the Best Years of My Life, page 27:
text: I met her on the mountain And there I tuck her life; I met her on the mountain And scobbed her with my knife.
ref: 1985, Richard Cooper, Zeb Vance: Leader in War and Peace, page 47:
text: “I scobbed him right in the nose and down he went ass-over-tin-cup!” he boasted.
ref: 2008, Patricia Cornwell, Isle Of Dogs:
text: I'm like the steel scaffoldin ovver the road when a scobbed stone's rung against a tube of it, cus I'm ringin with the shock, me hands clamped ter the edge of me mattress.
ref: 2009, Jacob Polley, Talk of the Town:
glosses: To scrape or pound.
Derived terms: scob someone's knob
Related terms: word: scobs
english: onion sown late in the year; to scoop
translation: onion sown late in the year; to scoop
word: scobe