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Flying slowly. "The slow- winged turtle." Shakesp .: Taming of the Shrew, ii. slow-worm, sloe-worm, s. Zool.: Anguis fragilis , the Blind-worm. Common throughout Europe, except in the more northern parts. It is from ten to fourteen inches in length, brownish-gray with a silvery glance, and a dark line down the back. slow, v. t. & i. [SLOW, a.] A. Transitive: IMG:content-1608.png:[blocks in formation] "Thou hast deserved, Base slubberdegullion , to be served As thou didst vow to deal with me." Butler: Hudibras , I. iii. 885. *slub-ber-ing, pr . par . or a. [SLUBBER. v .] slub-ber-Ing-ly, adv . [Eng. slubbering; -ly.] In a slovenly, hurried, or imperfect manner. slub-bing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [SLUB, υ.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: Reducing the sliver of carded fiber to a uniform thickne by doubling and slightly twisting. slubbing - billy, slubbing-machine, s . The first spinning-machine for drawing and twisting slightly the cardings or scribblings of wool. It consists of a wooden frame, within which is a moving carriage containing a number of spindles rotated by a series of cords pa ing round the pulley of each spindle and connected with a drum extending the 1. To slacken in speed; as, to slow A locomotive whole breadth of the carriage. The drum is turned or steamer. *2. To delay, to retard. "I would I knew why it should be slowed." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, iv. 1. †B. In trans.: To slacken speed; as, a locomotive slows. slow-back, subst. [Eng. slow, a., and back.] A lazy, idle fellow; a lubber, a loiterer. "The slowbacks and lazy bones will none of this."Favor: Antiquity's Triumpa over Novelty, p. 63.