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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stob, Stobbe, n.¹ [Late ME and e.m.E. stabbe (Prompt. Parv.), stab (Shakespeare), stob (1653); Stob v.¹] A thrust with a pointed weapon, a stab. Also fig., = a stabbing sensation. — 1460 Hay Alex. 5955.
And money stob and stok was in that stound And mony sturdie steid slane in that ground 1674 Argyll Justic. Rec. I 34.
The said John … did … kill the said Patrick Reid to the death by stricking him throw the bodie with nyne or ten severall stobs of his durk 1691 Dunbar Social Life I 294.
[They] gave me a stobbe with a durke in my shoulder —fig. 1605-6 Welsh Forty-eight Serm. 229.
Suppose there be many stobs and pricks in thy heart at every step