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scobs¹

  • /skɒbz/ UK

Where it comes from

From Latin scobs, or scobis, from scabere (“to scrape”).

noun

  1. plural, plural only Raspings of wood, ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance. This was so much the case in antient times that the floor of the dining room was generally covered with scobs or sawdust to absorb what Seneca calls the purgamenta et jactus cænantium, the “excretions and discharges of the guests." The scobs became at length a point of luxury. Heliogabalus ordered t
  2. plural, plural only The dross of metals. The scobs thereof Diose, helps those that are hurt by quicksilver, taken inwardly, or used outwardly, it attracting to it selfe

    Similar: scoria

scobs²

  • /skɒbz/ UK

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of scob

noun

  1. plural plural of scob

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noun slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal

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"scobs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scobs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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scobs. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scobs

Chicago

"scobs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scobs.

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@misc{scobs_2026,
  title = {scobs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scobs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}