Middle English Dictionary Entry
scobe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scobe n. Pl. (?Latinate sg.) scobes. |
| Etymology | L scobis, scobs. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sawdust, shavings; -- also pl.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.901 : Dippe her [apple saplings'] litel feet in picche al warme..Ek populer or fir is profitabull To make & lye among hem scobes [L scrobem, read: scobem] abull.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.491 : Hem summe in cedur scobe [L scobe], & summe in stre..wel witholde.