GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Slabber (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slabbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slabbering.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D. slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben, Icel. slafra.  Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.] 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.]
   
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   Slaver (?), n.
   1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
   
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   2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.
   
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   The slaver's hand was on the latch,
   
   He seemed in haste to go. Longfellow.
   
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   Slaver (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slavering.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
   1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
   
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   2. To be besmeared with saliva.  Shak.
   
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   Slaver, v. t. To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
   
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   Slaver, n. Saliva driveling from the mouth.
   
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   Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,
   
   It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Pope.
   
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