An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

STOB, s.
1. Stump of a tree.
Lyndsay.
2. A palisade, S.; also stab.
Douglas.
3. A pole, a stake.
Spalding.

A. S. stubb, Belg. stobbe, stipes, truncus.

Stob, s. The stump of a rainbow; viewed as a prognostic of an approaching storm, S.

Su. G. stubb, a part of any thing broken off.

Stob-feathers, s. pl.
1. The short unfledged feathers which remain on a fowl after it has been plucked, S.
2. Those which appear first on a young bird, S.

Stobbed, Stob-feather'd,
1. Unfledged, S.
2. Having no provision or furniture; applied to a young couple, S.

Stob-thacker, s. One who forms or mends thatched roofs with a stob, or stake, S. B.

Stob-thacking, Stob-thatching, s. The act of thatching in this way, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

Stob-thackit, Stob-thatched, adj. Thatched, as described above, S.
Statist. Acc.

To STOCK, v. n. To become stiff, S.