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sobby, a. Now dial. and U.S.|ˈsɒbɪ|
[f. sob v.2]
Soaked; saturated with moisture; soppy.
1611Cotgr. s.v. Evieux, Sobbie earth, soyle full of springs. 1615Crooke Body of Man 66 The sobby and waterish places of the body. 1720Welton Suffer. Son of God II. xv. 398 Lying upon the cold and Sobby Ground. 1847in N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 191 Sent in their wet and sobby condition to New York. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. s.v. Sob, The land is very sobby. 1887Scribner's Mag. I. 416/2 The sobby earth of the graveyard. |