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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STRIB, v. [strɪb]
1. To squeeze the last drops of milk from (a cow) with the fingers, now esp. after a mechanical milker (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 439; Uls. 1953 Traynor; Slg., Fif., w.Lth., Ayr., sm.Sc. 1971). Hence stribbin(g)s, the milk so drawn off (Ib.). Also in n.Eng. dial.Ayr. 1909 G. Cunningham Verse 78:
Till a' the kye are stribbit dry.Wgt. 1939 J. McNeillie Wgt. Ploughman vi.:
“Can ye milk, boy?” “A could learn. A stribbed a coo yince.”
2. Comb. stribbing block = stripping-block, s.v. Strip, v.3, 4.Abd. 1952 Evening Express (28 Feb.):
Breaking into a bothy in Countesswells Woods and stealing two axes and a stribbing block.
