There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with aphorisming
pedantry than the art of policy.
Milton.
Slub"ber, n. A slubbing machine.
Slub"ber*de*gul`lion (?), n. [Slubber + Prov. E. gullion a wretch.] A
mean, dirty wretch. [Low]
Slub"ber*ing*ly, adv. In a slovenly, or hurried and imperfect, manner.
[Low] Drayton.
Slub"bing (?), a. & n. from Slub.
Slubbing billy, or Slubbing machine, the machine by which slubs are
formed.
Sludge (?), n. [CF. Slush.] 1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. Mortimer.
Tennyson.