Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Slub"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slub \Slub\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also
{slubbing}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slub \Slub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slubbing}.]
To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slub
n : soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or
created by design [syn: {knot}, {burl}]
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