scobs (n. sing. & pl.) Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other
hard substance.
scobs (n. sing. & pl.) The dross of metals.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
scobs skobz, n. sawdust: shavings: dross of
metals.—adj.Scob′iform, resembling sawdust or
raspings.—n.Scobī′na, the pedicle of the spikelets
of grasses. [L. scobis—scabĕre, to scrape.]
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