Meaning of scob | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A flaw in which the weft misses a few warp threads.
2. A wooden box with two lids, used as a storage box and movable desk.

Examples

“A scob, again, is a blemish in the cloth arising from the interruption of the threads in shedding, preventing the proper interlacing of the warp and the weft.”

“The weft stopper will stop the loom when the weft is exhausted in the shuttle; and when a warp thread breaks in the shed in a position to make a scob or float, the scob preventor will also stop the loom, and an apparatus may also be applied to change the shuttle without stopping the loom;”

“Ere she could obey his orders, however, the seed-box slipped to the floor, and from it rolled over thirty sixpences, the missing scobs in the weft, which Wattie had so carefully preserved for the winter's campaign.”

“I think the freedom from such casualties is due to the fact that, in Scotland, no woman works more than two looms, and thus can very quickly detect the formation of a 'scob' or any other defect which would cause a shuttle to fly.”

“Possessed of the keys, the boys broke into Mr. Goddard's apartments, and blocked up the passage of communication between them and the Warden's lodging with scobs.”

“In School we had our scobs, two rows of them on the north side, one on the south.”

“Afternoon school [at Winchester] lasted from two till six; in the vast schoolroom, lighted at that time only by candles in the sconces; the boys sitting at their “scobs” or movable desks, while the commoners were accommodated also at friendly scobs, or sat at two long "commoner tables."”

“The need for a writing surface and space to store the larger number of books now being used by the pupils no doubt brought the scob into being.”

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