slabberingn.
/ˈslabərɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb, in various senses.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [noun]
slaveringc1325
slabbering1611
slobbering1649
slobbing1860
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > splashing or spattering with wet substance
bespraying1593
bespattling1611
slabbering1611
bespattering1862
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [noun] > action or process > in a dirty or disagreeable manner
puddling1589
slabbering1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Patouil, a padling, dabling, slabbering.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 169/2 Call not your Laundresse slut or slabb'ring queane, It is her slabb'ring that doth keepe thee cleane.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 223 Glasses of Rose-Water poured on our Garments to excessive slabbering.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Staggers It is a good sign if he..drinks freely without slabbering.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders v. 55 All his work was only slabbering with paint.
2. in extended use.1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Slabbering bib, a parson or lawyer's band.
a. slabbering-bib n. a bib, esp. for a child, to protect the clothes from falling saliva.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > bib to keep clothes clean
muckender1420
bib1574
slabbering-bib1648
slobbering bib1697
drivel-bib1827
feeder1886
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > bib > for a child
muckender1420
bib1574
slabbering-bib1648
slobbering bib1697
drivel-bib1827
feeder1886
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Zeever-doeck, a Slabbering-bibb.
1673 Humours Town 27 They are but petty Striplings, scarce out of their Slabbering-bibs.
1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. iv. 176 We say, that a Man wants a Slabbering-Bibb, when he behaves very sillily.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. x. 345 Lady Honoria..seized one of the napkins, and protested she would send it to Mortimer for a slabbering-bib.
b. slabbering-bit n. (see quot. 1753).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit
kevela1300
barnaclea1382
bitc1385
molanc1400
bridle bit1438
snafflea1533
titup1537
bastonet?1561
cannon?1561
scatch1565
cannon bit1574
snaffle-bit1576
port mouth1589
watering snaffle1593
bell-bit1607
campanel1607
olive1607
pear-bit1607
olive-bit1611
port bit1662
neck-snaffle1686
curb-bit1688
masticador1717
Pelham1742
bridoon1744
slabbering-bit1753
hard and sharp1787
Weymouth1792
bridoon-bit1795
mameluke bit1826
Chiffney-bit1834
training bit1840
ring snaffle1850
gag-snaffle1856
segundo1860
half-moon bit1875
stiff-bit1875
twisted mouth1875
thorn-bit1886
Scamperdale1934
bit-mouth-
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Mastigadour, or Slabbering-Bit, in the manege, is a snaffle of iron, all smooth, and of a piece [etc.].
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slabberingadj.
1. Characterized by slabbering.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective] > characterized by
slobberya1398
slaveryc1430
slobbering1573
slavering1575
slabbering1583
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fviiiv They get many a slabbering kisse.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 191/2 I've now and then a slabb'ring kiss.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Slaik To kiss in a slabbering manner.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xvi. 44 A continual slabbering sound is made in the cheeks.
2. That slabbers, in various senses.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective]
drivellingOE
slobbering1573
slavering1592
slabbering1630
foaming1717
dribbly1909
dribbling-
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 169/2 Call not your Laundresse slut or slabb'ring queane, It is her slabb'ring that doth keepe thee cleane.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1045 He all to bespattered him with his railing and slabbering tongue.
1764 Museum Rusticum 1 451 Aukward slabbering sky-farmers.
a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. v. 42 Set down that slabbering milksop..and let her shift for herself.
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