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Definition of Slubber
1. v. t. To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.
2. n. A slubbing machine.
Definition of Slubber
1. Verb. To do hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily. ¹
2. Verb. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. ¹
3. Verb. To slobber. ¹
4. Noun. A person who, or a machine which slubs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slubber
1. to stain or dirty [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slubber
Literary usage of Slubber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1897)
"Annie Hurley, who worked on the slubber next to the plaintiff's, testified that,
when this trap door was open, she had stood in the alley'in front of the ..."
2. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Each end of the drawing sliver is passed through the slubber separately. ...
The slubber roving is guided onto the bobbin by the flyer, ljut the winding is ..."
3. Treatise Relative to the Testing of Water-wheels and Machinery: Also of by James Emerson (1892)
"... From Intermediate or Fly Frame on bobbins to the Fine Frame, similar to Fly
Frame or slubber. From Fine Frame to the King Spinning Frame and Mule. ..."
4. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1835)
"The billy is not worked by machinery; the speed and continuance of its labour
are entirely at the option of the slubber. There are .generally sixty spindles ..."
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