bubl (bub)

[Perhaps short for bubble; cf. bub2.] 1. A substitute for yeast, prepared by mixing meal or flour with a little yeast in a quantity of warm wort and water.-2. Strong drink of any kind; liquor, especially malt li quor. [Cant.] bub2+ (bub), v. t. [Short for bubble.] To throw out in bubbles. Mir. for Mags. bub3 (bub), п. [Also bubby; origin obscure; cf. pap. The word bears a close but accidental resemblance to Hind. babbi, babī ( a pron. u), a woman's breast.] A woman's breast. [Vulgar.] bub4 (bub), n. [Also bubby, a dim. form; usually supposed to be, like bud2, a corruption of brother. Cf. G. bube, etc., a boy: see boy.] A boy: used in familiar addre . [Colloq., U. S.]