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Stob vs Swob - What's the difference?

stob | swob |

As nouns the difference between stob and swob

is that stob is (dialectal|appalachian|northern england|scotland) a stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting while swob is .

As verbs the difference between stob and swob

is that stob is (dialect|appalachian|northern england|scotland) regional variant of stab while swob is .

stob

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dialectal, Appalachian, Northern England, Scotland) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.11:
    • He climbed from the skiff and tied up at a stob and labored up the thick grassless bank toward the arches where the bridge went to earth.

    Verb

  • (dialect, Appalachian, Northern England, Scotland) Regional variant of stab.
  • (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To roof with stob-thatch, to make mats with a stob tool.
    • Appalachian English ----

    swob

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    • (Webster 1913)