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English Dictionary: slabber by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slabber
v
  1. let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]
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 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.
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