Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1739, 1804, 1869-1935, 1993
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FOB, v. Also fab(b) (Mry., Bnff.). To pant with heat or exertion, to breathe hard (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Mry., Bnff. 1952, fab, Abd. 1952); to sigh (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.); to catch the breath (Bnff.2 1945) as a child in sobbing (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.).Abd. 1739 in Caled. Mag. (1788) 501:
The Cousins bicker'd wi' a clank, Gart ane anither fob And gasp that day.Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 66:
The hails is won, they warsle hame, The best they can for fobbin.Bnff. 1869 W. Knight Auld Yule 16:
Nae burstin' belch was he, I wat, Altho' he fobbit sair, and swat.Ags. 1895 Arbroath Guide (17 July):
Princie lyin' fob-fobbin' wi' his tongue.Abd. 1922 Weekly Free Press (11 Feb.):
Aw'm fair oot o' win', an fobbin' like a fat kittlin, as they say.ne.Sc. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 52:
Thae knottit j'ints a' shot wi' pains, That fobbin' as we breist the brae.Abd. 1993:
Lyin fobbin like a fat kittlin in e sun.
