Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small post.
  • noun A thorn; spine.
  • noun A long steel wedge used for bringing down coal after holing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dialectal, Northern England, Scotland A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
  • verb dialect, Appalachian, Northern England, Scotland Regional variant of stab.
  • verb dialect, Northern England, Scotland To roof with stob-thatch, to make mats with a stob tool.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a short straight stick of wood

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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  • Scots - fence post.

    December 6, 2007

  • "His grave at Saint Mary's Church in Newport, Maryland, was marked by a fragrant cedar stob that rotted away a long time ago."

    --James L. Swanson, Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, 245

    May 30, 2008