Rob

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ROB, sb.1 Sc. Also in forms rabbie, rabie Sc.; robbie Sh.&Ork.1 Cai.1 [rob.] In comb. (1) Rob-boy, a hoyden, tomboy; (2) Rob-run, diarrhœa; (3) Rob-run-i'-hedge, or Rob-run-the-hedge, the goosegrass or cleavers, Galium Aparine; (4) Rob-run-up-(the)-dyke, (a) see (3); (b) the ground-ivy, Nepeta Glechoma. (1) Cai.1 (2) Sh.&Ork.1 (3) Ayr. The two cups of Rabbie-rinniehedge-tea which she made me drink to a scone, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 33; Montgomerie-Fleming Notes on Jam. (1899). (4, a) Cum. Science Gossip (1849) 26; Cum.4 (b) Cum. (B. & H.)

ROB, sb.2 Sc. Shr. e.An. [rob.] A stiff kind of preserve or jelly. Lnk. From the berries [of Ribes nigrum, black currant] rob, jelly, wine, &c. are made, Patrick Plants (1831) 126. Shr.1 The term seems to be restricted to black-currant jam. ‘I think Missis biles 'er jam too lung, it's as 'ard as black-currant rob.’ e.An. (Hall.) [Fr. rob, the juice of black whortle berries preserved (COTGR.).]

ROB, sb.3 Shr.1 [rob.] A tangle. See Robbie, sb.3 Of thread, twine, &c. ‘All on a rob.’

ROB, sb.4 Shr.1 [rob.] A large quantity. ‘Han yo' fund any?’ ‘Aye, robs on it.’

ROB, v. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. [rob.] 1. In phr. to rob Jesus Christ of his shoe-strings, to be very greedy and covetous. n.Yks. (T.K.) 2. Comp. Rob-mawkin, a scarecrow; a sloven; a poor fellow who exchanges his hat or coat for that which has been used for a scarecrow. Lan.1, s.Lan.1 3. A coal-mining term: to cut away or thin the pillars. Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. The partial working of pillars in fiery collieries was commenced in the Tyne collieries below bridge in 1795. ... The process was called ‘robbing the pillars,’ Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). Cum. They were robbing; but there was one side sound, W. C. T. (Sept. 21, 1901) 2, col. 5; (E.W.P.) [Robbing, taking down stone where not allowed, reducing the size of pillars, Reports Mines.] Hence Robbery, sb. (1) the working or removal of the pillars of coal supporting the roof. Cum.4; (2) that district of the mine where the pillars of coal are being removed or taken away. Cum.4

ROBBIE, ROBBINAT, see Rob, sb.1, Robinet.

ROBBIE, ROBBINAT, see Rob, sb.1, Robinet.