slubber1 (sluber)

[Also slobber; You must therefore be content to slubber the glo of your new fortunes with this more stubborn and boisterous expedition. Shak ., Othello, i. 3. 227. Pompey I overthrew; what did that get me? The slubber'd name of an authoriz'd enemy. Fletcher ( and another ), False One, ii. 3. 2. To do in a slovenly, carele manner, or with unbecoming haste; slur over. [Rare.] Slubber not busine for my sake. Shak., M. of V., ii. 8. 39. If a marriage should be thus slubbered up in a play, ere almost any body had taken notice you were in love, the spectators would take it to be but ridiculous. Beau . and Fl . , Captain, v. 5. II. in trans. To act or proceed in a slovenly, carele , or hurried manner. [Rare.] Which answers also are to be done, not in a huddling or slubbering fashion gaping or scratching the head, or spitting, even in the midst of their answer-but gently and plausibly, thinking what they say. G. Herbert, Country Parson, vi. A land of just and old renown, Where freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent. Tennyson , You ask me why, tho' ill at ease. A match so com- cous substance. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] slubber2 (slub'er), v. t. [Cf. slub2.] To dre (wool). Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] slubber2 (slub'er), n. [Also slobber; cf. slub ber3.] Half-twined or ill-twined woolen thread. Jamie son. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary slubber