SLUBBERS

Noun

slubbers

plural of slubber

Verb

slubbers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slubber

Source: Wiktionary


SLUBBER

Slub"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbering.] Etym: [Cf. Dan. slubbreto swallow, to sup up, D. slobberen to lap, to slabber. Cf. Slabber.]

1. To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely. Slubber not business for my sake. Shak.

2. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy. Milton.

Slub"ber, n.

Definition: A slubbing machine.

SLUB

Slub, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Definition: A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.

Slub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbing.]

Definition: To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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