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stob

 (stŏb)
n. Chiefly Southern US
A short straight piece of wood, such as a stake.

[Middle English stob, stump, stick, variant of stubbe, stub; see stub.]
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stob

(stɒb)
n
dialect Scot and Northern English and US a post or stump
[C14: variant of stub]
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Noun1.stob - a short straight stick of wood
stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
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The south-east ridge from Bidean nam Bian will take you down to a col and then you can climb up on to Stob Coire Sgreamhach, a second Munro.
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