pobn.

Brit.

/pɒb/, U.S.

/pɑb/, Scottish English

/pɔb/

Forms: 1700s– pob, 1800s pab, 1800s pobe.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.Compare Scottish Gaelic pab shag, flax refuse, woolly hair (perhaps related to Early Irish papp , popp shoot, tendril of a vine; apparently < classical Latin pampinus pampin n.). Compare bob n.¹ Sc. National Dict. (1968) records the word as still in use in Banffshire in 1966.

Scottish.

Fibrous waste left over from the scutching of flax, or (in later use) jute; (more generally) any similar fibrous waste material. Formerly more fully pob tow.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > refuse of fibre

pob1747

1747 R. Maxwell Pract. Bee-master 21 The Hive to be laid over with the Refuse of Flax, commonly called Pob-tow.

1795 J. Bonner New Plan Bee-hives 97 The whole hive should then be covered all over with a large quantity of pob tow.

1803 Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 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.

1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Aug. 126/1 Observe their harness, the collars are made of straw or pob; (the refuse of flax when skutched).

1876 A. Laing Lindores Abbey xxvi. 389 The boys..gathered pob, heather, and other inflammable materials in a great heap.

1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vii. 82 He took oot a fine lang rosetty stickie wuppit roon wi pob.

Compounds

† pob-midden n. Obsolete a pile of flax refuse.

ΚΠ

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 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.

1968 Sc. National Dict. VII. 190/2 Pob-midden, a pile or dump of flax refuse (Per[thshire]. 1850).]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pobint.adv.

Brit.

/pɒb/, U.S.

/pɑb/

Forms: 1800s pobb, 1900s– pob. Also reduplicated.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative.

Representing an abrupt, heavy sound, as of an inelastic body striking a hard surface. Frequently reduplicated. Also as adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > thud

daud1596

sosh1687

soss1718

devel1787

dump1820

thud1825

duff1859

pob1871

thrump1871

clump1891

plonk1903

plodding1905

plup1911

wumph1913

whump1915

whomp1926

whumping1928

clonking1930

bonk1933

bonking1944

thuck1948

doof1989

1871 C. G. Leland Hans Breitmann's Ballads 18 Vent troo de air a hoondert feet..Denn pobb—pobb—pobb—a mile or dwo, He rollet along—I guess.

1911 J. Masefield Jim Davis xiii. 157 A heavy chewed slug would come ‘pob’ into the boat's side.

1945 C. S. Lewis That Hideous Strength viii. 200 Presently she came to a place where two passages met, and here the silence was broken by a faint irregular noise..pob..pob..pob-pob.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pob
释义	pobn. Brit. /pɒb/, U.S. /pɑb/, Scottish English /pɔb/ Forms: 1700s– pob, 1800s pab, 1800s pobe. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.Compare Scottish Gaelic pab shag, flax refuse, woolly hair (perhaps related to Early Irish papp , popp shoot, tendril of a vine; apparently < classical Latin pampinus pampin n.). Compare bob n.¹ Sc. National Dict. (1968) records the word as still in use in Banffshire in 1966. Scottish. Fibrous waste left over from the scutching of flax, or (in later use) jute; (more generally) any similar fibrous waste material. Formerly more fully pob tow. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > refuse of fibre pob1747 1747 R. Maxwell Pract. Bee-master 21 The Hive to be laid over with the Refuse of Flax, commonly called Pob-tow. 1795 J. Bonner New Plan Bee-hives 97 The whole hive should then be covered all over with a large quantity of pob tow. 1803 Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 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. 1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Aug. 126/1 Observe their harness, the collars are made of straw or pob; (the refuse of flax when skutched). 1876 A. Laing Lindores Abbey xxvi. 389 The boys..gathered pob, heather, and other inflammable materials in a great heap. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vii. 82 He took oot a fine lang rosetty stickie wuppit roon wi pob. Compounds † pob-midden n. Obsolete a pile of flax refuse. ΚΠ 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 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. 1968 Sc. National Dict. VII. 190/2 Pob-midden, a pile or dump of flax refuse (Per[thshire]. 1850).] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pobint.adv. Brit. /pɒb/, U.S. /pɑb/ Forms: 1800s pobb, 1900s– pob. Also reduplicated. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Representing an abrupt, heavy sound, as of an inelastic body striking a hard surface. Frequently reduplicated. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > thud daud1596 sosh1687 soss1718 devel1787 dump1820 thud1825 duff1859 pob1871 thrump1871 clump1891 plonk1903 plodding1905 plup1911 wumph1913 whump1915 whomp1926 whumping1928 clonking1930 bonk1933 bonking1944 thuck1948 doof1989 1871 C. G. Leland Hans Breitmann's Ballads 18 Vent troo de air a hoondert feet..Denn pobb—pobb—pobb—a mile or dwo, He rollet along—I guess. 1911 J. Masefield Jim Davis xiii. 157 A heavy chewed slug would come ‘pob’ into the boat's side. 1945 C. S. Lewis That Hideous Strength viii. 200 Presently she came to a place where two passages met, and here the silence was broken by a faint irregular noise..pob..pob..pob-pob. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1747int.adv.1871
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