stob

stob (st

n. Chiefly Southern U.S.

A short straight piece of wood, such as a stake.

[Middle English, stump, variant of stubbe, stub; see stub.]

Regional Note: The Southern word stob means a short straight stick of wood: "Jim Rozier's skill with a piece of iron and a hardwood stob sets up a vibration in the earth that Sopchoppy worms find extremely disagreeable" (Charles Kuralt). Related to stub and stubby, stob is one of numerous Indo-European cognates, for example, Greek stupos, meaning "stump (of a tree or branch)." In Middle English stob seems to have been a variant spelling of stub, with one of its meanings being "the amputated stump of a human limb." However, the word has chiefly denoted a short piece of wood, such as "a small post or stake or stump of a shrub, [and is] commonly so used in many, if not all, parts of the [American] South" (Charles F. Smith).

stob [stɒb]

Scot, northern English, and US dialect a post or stump

[variant of stub]

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stob - a short straight stick of wood

stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"

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Following discussions with Allendale Estates and the local farmer of South Pry Hill Farm where the bastle is situated, Natural England has been able to help save Rowantree Stob with funding through its agricultural Higher Level Stewardship programme.

Ruin creates flats for bats; Living quarters for wildlife in ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Rowantree Stob, in the East Allen Valley near Allendale in Northumberland, is a scheduled ancient monument, parts of which date back to the 16th Century.

Building a future for bats by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

Max had been leading a party of three novices on Sunday afternoon for his employers, Jagged Globe, when a snow cornice in the Stob Coire nan Lochan area of Glencoe gave way.

Climber: I'm lucky to be alive by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

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