单词 | slubber |
释义 | slubbern.1 dialect. Mire, mud; ooze, slime. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun] laira1340 fanc1340 mudc1400 slutchc1400 slikec1425 slipc1440 slobber1440 sorec1440 slot?a1500 glar?a1513 slubber1570 slab1622 lute1694 lutulence1727 sletch1743 sleek1774 slakec1800 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fiv v/2 Slubber, limus. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 365 Slub, Slubber, mire, mud, the thick puddle on roads. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Slubber, any gelatinous substance. 1890 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack 29 (E.D.D.) He mud as weel ha' tried to climb up a hill side o' slubber. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). slubbern.2 1. One who manipulates a slubbing-machine. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > drawing or twisting > equipment for > one who tends to rowera1600 rover1742 slubber1835 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 8 Slubbing is a handicraft operation, depending on the skill of the slubber. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 552/1 The workman or ‘slubber’..elongates the ‘carding’ into ‘slubbing’. 1891 Leeds Mercury 14 Dec. 2/4 If he wanted to borrow, he would apply to his weavers and not his slubbers. 2. A slubbing-machine. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > drawing or twisting > equipment for roving frame?1783 billy1795 tube roving-machine1839 rover1862 slubber1897 1897 Traill's Social Eng. VI. 73 In the preparing frames, known as slubbers or rovers, the bobbins were necessarily large and weighty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). slubberv. Now chiefly dialect. 1. a. transitive. To stain, smear, daub, soil. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > smear smear971 besmearc1050 slobber1529 slubber1530 smore1530 to-ray1562 slubbera1586 blur1592 beblur1598 beslubber1598 besmother1598 besmouche1600 slur1602 illine1615 slerga1758 slaister1773 gaum?1825 smarm1847 slob1851 maum1888 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 324/2 Sloubberde with wepyng, esplouré. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 722/1 Fye, howe you have slubbred your geare for one dayes wearyng. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. K4 That face that is slubbred & starched with so many ointments & dregs. 1607 M. Hanmer tr. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. (ed. 3) ix. xi. 182 They were..so slubbered & darkened with a blacke colour, yt they became vnprofitable for publike sight. 1639 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) lxviii. §739 Let him not slubber (soile) or slurry his books, but use them cleanlily. 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 14 Feb. 2/1 Thou couldst not think that Glass wanted new foiling,..and thou hast slubber'd it only to cover the foul Plagium. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 251 Slubber, to smear, or obscure with dirt. b. figurative. To sully (renown, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)] filea1325 foulc1330 tache1390 dark?c1400 distain1406 smita1413 blemish1414 black?c1425 defoul1470 maculate?a1475 macule1484 tan1530 staina1535 spota1542 smear1549 blot1566 besmear1579 defile1581 attaint1590 soila1596 slubber1599 tack1601 woad1603 besmirch1604 blur1604 to breathe upon ——1608 be-smut1610 clouda1616 sullya1616 taint1623 smutch1640 blackena1649 to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654 beslur1675 tarnish1695 blackwash1762 carbonify1792 smirch1820 tattoo1884 dirten1987 1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. Z Going about to slubber our renowne. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrr4v/2 If it be an honest end, That end's the full reward, and thankes but slubbers it. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 42 There is no art that hath bin..more soyl'd, and slubber'd with aphorisming pedantry then the art of policie. c. To obscure, darken. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)] > make dark, dim, or obscure duskc1374 to-darkena1382 murkc1425 obscure?a1475 obfusk1490 dusken1550 dusky1567 overdark1568 obtenebrate1578 beveil1582 obfuscate1588 offusque1599 shade1599 slubber1605 dammer1610 offuscate1611 obtenebrize1654 obflisticate1832 subdue1856 darkle1893 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. D The euening to[o] begins to slubber day. d. intransitive. To become indistinct. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > become indistinct slubber1665 film1877 fuzz1930 defocus1955 1665 J. Rea Flora 53 It is a little apt to run, that is, in one or two hot days the colours to slubber and run one into the other. 2. With adverbs. a. With up, = sense 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > smear smear971 besmearc1050 slobber1529 slubber1530 smore1530 to-ray1562 slubbera1586 blur1592 beblur1598 beslubber1598 besmother1598 besmouche1600 slur1602 illine1615 slerga1758 slaister1773 gaum?1825 smarm1847 slob1851 maum1888 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B8 Each place handsome.., not so daintie as not to be trode on, nor yet slubberd vp with good felowshippe. b. To wear out by dirty handling. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty [verb (transitive)] > dirty by handling slubber1621 mux1806 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to waste away > wear away or down > wear out > by dirty handling slubber1621 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith xiii. 104 Wilt thou dy before thou hast liued, as Boyes slubber out Bookes before they learne their lesson? c. To daub over so as to cover or conceal. Chiefly figurative, to gloss over. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > cover up smother1579 to shuffle up1588 smother1589 smooth1592 smooth1592 slobber1630 to hush up1632 slubber1646 smooth1684 sopite1746 shade1785 smug1857 hugger-mugger1862 to cover up1926 1646 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. II. viii. 150 Richard had much adoe to colour over his Cruelties, which not being to be Denied, hee slubber'd them over, not naming them. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 63 The Court-trick to daub and slubber over things that may be perspicuous. 1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica i. 11 A lepry..which may be sullied or slubbered over with palliativ salvs. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1822) I. 238 The blemishes which these varnishers have slubbered over. 3. a. With up: To perform, make, concoct, deal with, etc., in a hurried and careless manner. ΚΠ 1550 T. Lever Serm. Thyrd Sondaye in Lente (new ed.) sig. B.viv He minisheth Godeds sacramentes, he slubbers vp his seruice. 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Biiiiv That some stitcher, Weauer,..or Fidler, hath shuffled or slubberd vp a few ragged Rimes. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 127v Many a bad mariage bargaine is there yerely slubbred vp. 1610 J. Dove Advt. Seminaries 2 It doth appear they slubber up many things negligently, and performe them loosely. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine v. v, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ii4/2 If a marriage should be thus slubberd up in a play. b. So without up. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice (1623) ii. viii. 39 Slubber [1600 slumber] not businesse for my sake Bassanio. a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) II. xviii. 226 Matters of less moment..may be slubbered and slighted. 1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery i. iii. 23 The Council of Trent..slubber'd the whole matter both in the question of Indulgences and Purgatory. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ix. 200 Knife and fork slubbered thro' the general knife-cloth. 1827 T. Hood Legend Navarre xvi Her servants stow'd him, (I am asham'd to think how he was slubber'd,) Stuck bolt upright within a corner cupboard! 4. To run or skim over hurriedly and in a careless or slovenly manner. Also with through. In very common use in the 17th century. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness to toy with ——1563 skima1586 slubber1592 slobber1630 huddle1648 to shuffle over, through1656 slobber1765 slattern1781 scuffle1785 slur1857 perfunctorize1866 smatter1881 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > go through or over to run over ——1577 slubber1592 huddle1648 scuffle1844 slur1857 1592 R. Cosin Conspiracie for Pretended Reformation Pref. p. iii Matters..are so sleightly and ignorantly slubbered ouer by such Preachers. 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xiv. 80 I dare say, one Acre of Corne thus throughly husbanded, may be worth two Acres, nay three, slubbered over. 1670 R. Baxter Duty Heavenly Medit. 23 Which may be lost by hasty breaking off, and slubbering over so great a business. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xxi. 194 I..am encumbred with much Business, so that sometimes I forget, and at other times am forc'd to slubber over my Prayers. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 166 Anxiety to have the business slubbered over as fast as possible. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. i. 24 Time and again have slubbered through With slip and slapdash what I do. 5. To gobble up slobberingly. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat coarsely slab?1553 slabber1574 slubber1640 slobber1726 slab1729 slorp1802 1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers iv Slubber up a sillibub. 6. intransitive. To be lubberly; to slabber or slobber. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > slaver [verb (intransitive)] drivelOE slaverc1325 slobberc1400 drib1523 slabber1648 dribble1673 drool1810 slubberc1820 slob1860 slaum1911 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] sleuthc1300 sloth1390 slotter1553 sloven1560 truant1580 drone1632 slubberc1820 sluggardize1837 to lie down1918 to dick off1948 schlump1953 c1820 J. Hogg Basil Lee in Tales & Sketches (1866) 239/2 When I see a young chap lying slubberin' an' sleepin' a' the day in a heather bush. 1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 367 The bloated kings..Shall slubber, and snore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11570n.21835v.1530 |
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