| 单词 | pob tow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspob tow Fibrous waste left over from the scutching of flax, or (in later use) jute; (more generally) any similar fibrous waste material. Formerly more fully pob tow. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > refuse of fibre pob1747 1747 R. Maxwell Pract. Bee-master 21 The Hive to be laid over with the Refuse of Flax, commonly called Pob-tow. 1795 J. Bonner New Plan Bee-hives 97 The whole hive should then be covered all over with a large quantity of pob tow. 1803 Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 10 At an old lint mill in Fife, a great heap of this refuse, or pab tow, as it is called, had been formed about 60 years ago. 1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Aug. 126/1 Observe their harness, the collars are made of straw or pob; (the refuse of flax when skutched). 1876 A. Laing Lindores Abbey xxvi. 389 The boys..gathered pob, heather, and other inflammable materials in a great heap. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vii. 82 He took oot a fine lang rosetty stickie wuppit roon wi pob. < as lemmas |
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