scob /skɒb/verb 3noun 2forms 3 verb3 •To scrape or pound.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. — 1824 •To pack a wagon with large pieces on top so as to hide gaps resulting from it not being completely filled.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. — 1836 •To create a scob.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 — 1846 noun2 •A flaw in which the weft misses a few warp threads.A scob, again, is a blemish in the cloth arising from the interruption of the threads in shedding, preventing the proper interlacing of the warp and the weft. — 1846 •A wooden box with two lids, used as a storage box and movable desk.Possessed of the keys, the boys broke into Mr. Goddard's apartments, and blocked up the passage of communication between them and the Warden's lodging with scobs. — 1878 formsscobbed · scobbing · scobs
