Scobs

[skɔbz]

(n. sing. & pl.) Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.

(n. sing. & pl.) The dross of metals.

Checked by Aubrey

n. sawdust: shavings: dross of metals.—adj. Scob′iform resembling sawdust or raspings.—n. Scobī′na the pedicle of the spikelets of grasses.

Checker: Roland