Stot vs Stob - What's the difference?
stot | stob |
(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound
*1955 , (Robin Jenkins), The Cone-Gatherers , Canongate 2012, p. 148:
*:Instead of dropping the golden cones safely into his bag he let them dribble out of his hands so that, in the expectancy before the violence of the storm, the tiny stots from one transfigured branch to another could be clearly heard.
(zoology, of quadrupeds) A leap using all four legs at once.
(intransitive, Scotland, and, Northern England) To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
*1996 , (Alasdair Gray), ‘Lack of Money’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012 ), p. 285:
*:‘I've plenty of money in my bank – and I have my cheque book here – could one of you cash a cheque for five pounds? – I promise it won't stot .’
(transitive, Scotland, and, Northern England) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(intransitive, zoology, of quadrupeds) To leap using all four legs at once.
(dialectal, Appalachian, Northern England, Scotland) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.11:
(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
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As nouns the difference between stot and stob
is that stot is an inferior horse while stob is a stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.As verbs the difference between stot and stob
is that stot is to bounce, rebound or ricochet while stob is regional variant of stab.stot
English
(wikipedia stot)Etymology 1
From (etyl) stot, . Confer (stoat).Etymology 2
Possibly from (etyl) compare Old Norse stauta.Alternative forms
* stottNoun
(en noun)Verb
Synonyms
* (zoology) pronkDerived terms
* stotterReferences
* * * * * OED 2nd edition 1989Anagrams
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English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.