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English Dictionary: Slub by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slub
n
  1. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
    Synonym(s): slub, knot, burl
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.
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