Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the
foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten.
Slab, a. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and
E. slop puddle.] Thick; viscous. [Obs.]
Make the gruel thick and slab.
Shak.
Slab, n. That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a
puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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.]
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.
Slab"ber, n. Spittle; saliva; slaver.
Slab"ber (?), n. [See 1st Slab.] (Mach.) (a) A saw for cutting slabs
from logs. (b) A slabbing machine.
Slab"ber*er (?), n. One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot.
Slab"ber*y (?), a. Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery;
sloppy.
Slab"bi*ness (?), n. Quality of being slabby.
Slab"bing (?), a. [See 1st Slab.] Adapted for forming slabs, or for
dressing flat surfaces.
Slabbing machine, a milling machine.
Slab"by (?), a. [Compar. Slabbier (?); superl. Slabbiest.] [See Slab,
a.] 1. Thick; viscous.
They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff.
Selden.