slubber

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slubber - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slubber \Slub"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Slubbering.] [Cf. Dan. slubbreto swallow, to sup up,
     D. slobberen to lap, to slabber. Cf. Slabber.]
     1. To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.
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              Slubber not business for my sake.     --Shak.
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     2. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly.
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              There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with
              aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy.
                                                    --Milton.
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  Slubber \Slub"ber\, n.
     A slubbing machine.
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