slubbing

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slubbing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slub \Slub\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also
     slubbing.
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  Slub \Slub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Slubbing.]
     To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
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  Slubbing \Slub"bing\,
     a. & n. from Slub.
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     Slubbing billy, or Slubbing machine, the machine by which
        slubs are formed.
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