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▪ I. slavering, vbl. n.|ˈslævərɪŋ|
[f. slaver v.]
1. The action of allowing saliva to run from the mouth.
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 143 De baavure, fro slavering. c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 668 Hec salmacio, slaveryng. c1480Henryson Fables, Wolf & Lamb iii, How durst thow be sa bald to fyle this bruik..with thy foull slauering? 1611Cotgr., Baverie, a..slauering, or driuelling at the mouth. a1827Good Study Med. (1829) I. 107 In vulgar language it is denominated Drivelling or Slavering. 1878Meredith Teeth 61 Slavering; imperfect speech; inflamed gums.
b. pl. That which is emitted as slaver; also fig., drivellings.
1535Coverdale 1 Sam. xxi. 13 His slauerynges ranne downe his beerd. 1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. (Chaucer Soc.) 237 note, [They] doe pronounce such waer, slaveringes, not poems rare. 1684Contempl. State of Man i. iii. (1699) 28 Silk [was nothing] but the slaverings of Worms.
c. fig. Extreme longing or desire. rare.
1642H. More Song of Soul i. iii. 15 Strutting-in knowledge, Egre slavering-After hid-skill, with every inward uncouth thing. 1678Butler Hud. iii. ii. 1201 Your greedy slav'ring to devour, Before 'twas in your Clutches, Pow'r.
2. fig. Kissing. rare—1.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 183 An old lecherous fellow which could not keep his lips from slavering of women.
3. attrib., as slavering-bib, slavering-bit, slavering-cloth, slavering-clout.
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 143 Une bavere, a slavering-clout. c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 668 Hoc salmarium, slaveryngclout. 1530Palsgr. 271/1 Slaveryng clothe for chyldren, bauette. 1648Hexham ii, Een Slabbe,..a childs Bib, or Slavering clout. 1704Dict. Rust. (1726) s.v. Bits, The Masticadour or Slavering-Bit. 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 358 Slaaverin bib, a bit of cloth under a child's chin. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 244 The provision of slavering-bibs in some cases.
▪ II. slavering, ppl. a.|ˈslævərɪŋ|
[f. as prec.]
1. Characterized or accompanied by the emission of slaver. Also fig.
1576Turberv. Venerie 224 The fifth..kynde of madnesse is called the Rewmatike or slauering madnesse. a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (1622) 118 Miso..came with skowling eyes to deliuer a slauering good morrow to the two Ladies. 1603H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 109 In one slauering discourse or other, [to] hang out the badge of his follie. 1664Cotton Scarron. (1675) 56 A kind of slav'ring Letchery. c1830Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 48 In the slavering times of our Scotch Solomon. 1871E. Peacock R. Skirlaugh I. 192 Let's have no slaverin talk like that.
2. That slavers; allowing saliva to fall.
1592Greene Upst. Courtier Wks. (Grosart) XI. 250 The third was a long leane old slauering slangrell. 1602How to Choose a Good Wife ii. iii, Money can make a slavering tongue speak plain. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 56 An old sheep-biter..with a slavering lip. 1700Dryden Cymon & Iphigenia 179 The slavering Cudden, prop'd upon his Staff. 1703Rowe Ulyss. i. i, What Crowds Of Slav'ring,..shameful Ideots. 1857Trollope Barchester T. (1861) 240 She is proud of having this slavering, greedy man at her feet. 1883Fortn. Rev. 1 Aug. 188 The lowing and slavering droves that one sees on the roads.
Hence ˈslaveringly adv.
1736Ainsworth, Slaveringly (foolishly), ineptè, insulsè. 1834Fraser's Mag. X. 113 The muscles of the lips [have been] slaveringly relaxed. |