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STIVE, _adj._ Firm.

V. ~Steive~.

STOB, _s._

1. A p.r.i.c.kle, or small splinter of wood, S.

_Rutherford._

2. The puncture made by a p.r.i.c.kle, S.

Germ. _stupf_, _stipp_, punctum.

_To_ ~Stob~, _v. a._

1. To pierce with a pointed instrument, S.

2. To point with iron.

_Chr. S. P._

STOB, _s._

1. Stump of a tree.

_Lyndsay._

2. A palisade, S.; also _stab_.

_Douglas._

3. A pole, a stake.

_Spalding._

A. S. _stubb_, Belg. _s...o...b.._, stipes, truncus.

~Stob~, _s._ The stump of a rainbow; viewed as a prognostic of an approaching storm, S.

Su. G. _stubb_, a part of any thing broken off.

~Stob-feathers~, _s. pl._

1. The short unfledged feathers which remain on a fowl after it has been plucked, S.

2. Those which appear first on a young bird, S.