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noun
Raspings of wood, ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
The dross of metals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: scoria
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noun
plural of scob
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of scob
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
From Latin scobs, or scobis, from scabere (“to scrape”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
