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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scob,) Scobe, v. Also: skob. [f. Scobn.] tr. To gag (someone's mouth) with a scob. See also Scob n. 2. —1651 Nicoll Diary 67.
They seased upone … [a soldier] quha wes fund banning and swering, band him, scobit his mouth [etc.] 1657 Balfour Ann. IV 316.
The … commander … commandit Mr. Jo. Robertsone not to speake one word, wich if he presumed to doe, he wold scobe his mouthe 1671 Red Bk. Grandtully II 205 (see Scob n. 2).
