scobs

English

Etymology

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

Noun

scobs pl (plural only)

  1. raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance
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  2. The dross of metals.
    Synonym: scoria

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scobs in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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