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Slubber
Pronunciation : Slub"ber
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Dan. slubbreto swallow, to sup up, D. slobberen to lap, to slabber. Cf. Slabber.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Slub"ber
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A slubbing machine.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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