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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1672
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Subwob, n. [Wob n.] ? A piece of fabric woven by an unfreeman, one who is not a member of the burgh craft guild, in transf. use of the weaver. "In 1772 [? erron. for 1672. See quot.], encroachments by unfreemen having become more frequent, a petition was presented to the sheriff by the weavers, along with the hammermen, tailors and shoemakers, against what they designated the ‘encroachments of the Old Aberdeen sub-wobs'." Ebenezer Bain Merchant and Craft Guilds. A History of the Aberdeen Incorporated Trades (1887) 294. — 1672 Aberd. Trades 297.
No freemen of the craft sall tak upon him or plead for any unfreeman or subwob either before the court, deacon, convener court, or before the magistrates
