Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Slabber"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. t.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slabber \Slab"ber\, n.
Spittle; saliva; slaver.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slabber \Slab"ber\, n. [See 1st {Slab}.] (Mach.)
(a) A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
(b) A slabbing machine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slabber \Slab"ber\, 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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slabber
v : let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: {drivel},
{drool}, {slaver}, {slobber}, {dribble}]
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