10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OOBIT»
Discover the use of
oobit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
oobit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Oobit. — Most people are familiar with this word in connexion with Kingsley'd
poem ; but the etymology has never been given. Other spellings (see Jamieson)
are voxebet (for woubet), woubit, wobat, and it is generally explained as *' a hairy
...
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Jack Shian and the King's Chalice: The Search for the ...
“I'm Oobit,” hesaid simply. “Thisis Gandie, Tom and Radge.” Jack andPetros
grabbed two chairseach and pulledthemup tothe table. Cautiously, Rana and
Lizziealso sat down. “D'you want in?” queried Oobit. “What game isit?” asked
Jack ...
Aa canna find it ony-gate." OOBIT [N.] , the hairy caterpillar ; a hairy worm. Also
known as hairy Hubert and ooly-bear. Oobit is also a term of reproach to an
unkempt, ragged person. " Get away, ye clarty oobit ! " OOL, 00 [N.], wool; OOLEN
[N.] ...
Richard Oliver Heslop, 1894
Aa canna find it ony-gatc." OOBIT [N.], the hairy caterpillar; a hairy worm. Also
known as hairy Hubert and ooly-bear. Oobit is also a term of reproach to an
unkempt, ragged person. " Get away, ye clarty oobit ! " OOL, OO [N.] , wool ;
OOLEN [N.] ...
OOBIT [N.] , the hairy caterpillar ; a hairy worm. Also known as hairy Hubert and
ooly-bear. Oobit is also a term of reproach to an unkempt, ragged person. '" Get
away, ye clarty oobit ! " OOL, OO [N.] , wool ; OOLEN [N.] , woollen. The town of ...
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The Cursing Calendar and Report of the Spring Season 1863
^C/mu-Sng^::?.^}^^! £—. by. j»oobit<i—NCT<ir. Lord Lurgan's bk b Lady Bella, by
) jLordBeotive'sfd.BaronArKAofeo», Jacobite -Kitty Cob / " \ by Judge— Bitters (1)
Mr W. 8. Garnett's bk t d Grass-l JMr Pollock^ r d Balloon, by Sky- hopper, ...
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language
An idler ; a-vagabond. Acts Ja. II. S. Waffie. Apparently from L. B. waivium, pecus
vagans, 0. E. wayf, E. waif. V. Waff. VAUNTY, Vaustie, adj. Boastful, S. Tarn o'
Shan- ter. Ritson. — Fr. vanteux, UBIT, adj. Pron. q. oobit. Dwarfish, Ayrg. V.
Wobat ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1895
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Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for ...
The term "a hairy oobit" is very common in Scotland at the present day. The word
is rarely used without the adjective hairy. It means, of course, the common long-
haired caterpillar, but is used figuratively for a rather shabby hirsute person.
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The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language
... in modern Scots as oobit, and the transferred use of granny. This variety of
sources should by now be familiar, since our earlier discussion of Gaelic,
Scandinavian and Dutch loanwords and of extension, conversion and
compounds included ...
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Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).: Zoology
Sepaoation of fpntal pppeS of poemaxilla fpm lapoimal by the maxillaoy -foontal
outuoe Popition of laprimal Ppteoip to oobit Modeoate Extendo tooobit Ao in C.
notatuo 1e . Uppeo inpiooop 11 . Aoea of maxilla oepoeoenting infoapbital paot
of ...
