Definition of Slubber. Meaning of Slubber. Synonyms of Slubber

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Definition of Slubber

Slubber
Slubber Slub"ber, n. A slubbing machine.
Slubber
Slubber Slub"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbering.] [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.

Meaning of Slubber from wikipedia

- star-fallen, star-falling, star-jelly, star-shot, star-slime, star-slough, star-slubber, star-spurt, and star-****ch. The slime mold Enteridium lycoperdon is called...
- threads which break; formerly also to join the cardings of slivers for the slubber, a work now done by machinery' Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (3rd edn)...
- can breakers, 4 drawing room (tenter)s and 4 ****istants,4 slubbers and 4 ****istant slubbers, 6 intermediate roving frame tenters, 8 roving frame tenters...
- his retirement from football in 1922, Bullock became landlord of the Slubber's Arms pub in Huddersfield. He died of heart failure due to ammonia poisoning...
- machines were pre-1920, and some dated to about the turn of the 20th century. Slubber and drawing frames were said to be part of the original May Mill equipment...
- machines were pre-1920, and some dated to about the turn of the century. Slubber and drawing frames were said to be part of the original May Mill equipment...
- about half what an adult might receive, and were "emplo**** in piecing for slubbers and mules, and feeding scribbling and carding machines". A regular working...
- Payment Sub-Postmistress, Bodfor Terrace, Aberdovey, Merioneth. Emily Nield, Slubber tenter, Clover, Croft & Slate Ltd. (Rochdale, Lancs.). Edith Maud Nixon...