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Definition of Slabby
1. a. Thick; viscous.
Definition of Slabby
1. Adjective. thick; viscous ¹
2. Adjective. sloppy; slimy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slabby
1. muddy [adj SLABBIER, SLABBIEST] - See also: muddy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slabby
Literary usage of Slabby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. County Reports and Maps: Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan Counties by George Perry Grimsley (1916)
"slabby bluish-black limestone with ledges ten inches. 15 Ledges more shaly and
platy 35 Hard bluish-black limestone solid ledges break slabby 20 Very shaly ..."
2. County Reports and Maps: Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan Counties by George Perry Grimsley (1916)
"slabby bluish-black limestone with ledges ... 20 slabby limestone 25 More solid
ledges weather bluish-gray 8 slabby ledges limestone 28 ..."
3. Pennsylvania Glaciation, First Phase: Materials for a Discussion of the by Edward Higginson Williams (1917)
"This is why in slabby regions, in spite of abundant glacial gravel fed to streams,
the bottoms are purely slabby. Where Kettle Creek meets Lake Lesley we ..."
4. Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal by Scottish Mountaineering Club (1903)
"The buttresses are of much the same general character— broad, steep, and slabby
at the foot, and narrowing towards the top into sharp ridges of low angle ..."
5. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"Limestone, slabby 0 " 6 36. Shales, light blue 5 " 0 35. ... Limestone, shaly
and slabby with some shales 10 " 0 26. Limestone 0 " 6 25. Shale 0 " 6 24. ..."
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