Etymology

scobs

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Today it means: Raspings of wood, ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance. Full definition →

Latin scobs
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  1. Latin · derived fromscobs
  2. English todayscobs

From Latin scobs, or scobis, from scabere (“to scrape”).

Words from the same roots

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scobiform

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