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▪ I. pob1 Sc.|pɒb| Also dial. pab. [Origin obscure.] The refuse of flax or (more recently) jute.
1747R. Maxwell Bee-master (1750) 21 The Hive to be laid over with the Refuse of Flax, commonly called Pob-tow. 1765Museum Rust. IV. 46 If the flax is to be stacked, it should be set in an airy place, upon a dry foundation, such as pob-middings or the like. 1803Prize Ess. Highl. Soc. II. 10 At an old lint mill in Fife, a great heap of this refuse, or pab tow, as it is called, had been formed about 60 years ago. 1818Edinb. Mag. Aug. 126/1 Observe their harness, the collars are made of straw or pob; (the refuse of flax when skutched). 1876Laing Lindores Abbey xxvi. 389 The boys..gathered pob, heather, and other inflammable materials in a great heap. ▪ II. pob2|pɒb| [Echoic.] An abrupt, heavy sound as when an inelastic body strikes a hard surface.
1911J. Masefield Jim Davis xiii. 157 A heavy chewed slug would come ‘pob’ into the boat's side. |