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Terms vs Stob - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and stob

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

As a verb stob is

(dialect|appalachian|northern england|scotland) regional variant of stab.

terms

English

Noun

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    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 ----