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▪ I. clob local.
[Perh. related in origin to club, clump, q.v.]
(See quots.).
1756Collet Peat-pit in Phil. Trans. L. 110 Under this lies what they [in Berkshire] call clob, being a peat-earth, compounded of clay, of a small quantity of earth, and some true peat. 1834Brit. Husb. I. 334 A species of earth compounded of clay, and termed ‘clob’, which, though burned for manure, lies above the true [Newbury] peat. 1880W. Cornw. Gloss., Clob, a clod or lump of earth. Walls made of marl mixed with straw are called clob or cob walls.
Hence clobbed ppl. a. dial.
1880Jago in W. Cornw. Gloss. s.v., A choked pipe..would be said to be clobbed up. Dirty clothes or utensils are..clobbed with dirt.
▪ II. clob(be etc.:
see club, etc. |