slaver : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slaver	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for slaver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slaver n a person engaged in slave trade [syn: slaver, {slave dealer}, slave trader] someone who holds slaves Synonym(s): slaveholder, slave owner, slaver v let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slaver \Slav"er\, n. 1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship. 2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader. The slaver's hand was on the latch, He seemed in haste to go. --Longfellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slaver \Slav"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slavering}.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See {Slabber}.] 1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth. 2. To be besmeared with saliva. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slaver \Slav"er\, v. t. To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slaver \Slav"er\, n. Saliva driveling from the mouth. Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. --Pope.
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}.]