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Slabber

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Spittle; saliva; slaver.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A saw for cutting slabs from logs.

2. A slabbing machine.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also slaver, and slobber.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle. He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue. Arbuthnot.

2. To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking. The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost. Tusser.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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