blubbern.¹

Brit.

/ˈblʌbə/, U.S.

/ˈbləbər/

Forms: Also Middle English bluber, Middle English–1500s blober, Middle English blobure, blobyr, blubbir, 1600s blobber, ( bloother).

Etymology: Middle English blober , bluber noun, blubren , blober verb are both found in 14th cent.: it is uncertain which was of prior formation; perhaps the verb. Being so much earlier than blob , blub , they cannot be extensions of the latter; but are probably onomatopoeic, from the action of the lips in making a bubble, or imitating various bubbling sounds or motions of liquids. Compare the parallel blabber n. There is also a dialect German blubbern, said of water casting up bubbles, and < Low German blubbern in herût blubbern to babble or ‘blether’. See other analogous forms in Wedgwood. The relation to bubble is seen also in the fact that in northern dialect ‘bubble’ is used for the verb in senses 3, 4, as Scottish ‘to bubble an' greit’ = to blubber and weep.

†1. The foaming or boiling of the sea. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > foaming or boiling

blubberc1400

aesture?1614

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 266 How fro þe bot in-to þe blober watz with a best lachched.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 221 In bluber of þe blo flod bursten her ores.

†2. A bubble of foam or air upon water. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > a) bubble(s)

scuma1250

boilounc1320

bubblea1350

burblec1350

blubberc1440

bell1483

blobc1540

bull1561

bleb1647

blab1656

air bubble1756

air-bell1806

gas bubble1809

sprot1846

mousse1863

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 40 Blobure [1499 blobyr], burbulium.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 199/1 Blober upon water, bovteillis.

1532 R. Henryson Test. Creseyde in Wks. G. Chaucer sig. Qq.iiii/2 And at his mouth a blubber stode of fome.

a1808 State, Leslie of Powis 136 (Jam.) s.v. That he has seen blubbers upon the water..that by blubbers he means air-bubbles.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Blubber, a bubble.

3. A jellyfish or Medusa, also called sea-nettle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Acalepha > member of (jelly-fish)

nettle1601

sea-nettle1601

blubber1602

nettlefish1611

red nettle1611

squalder1659

sea-jellya1682

urticaa1682

carvel1688

sea-qualm1694

sea-bleb1700

acaleph1706

sea-blubber1717

Medusa1752

quarla1820

acalephan1834

medusite1838

jellyfish1841

naked-eyed medusa1848

slobber1849

sea-cross1850

sea-danger1850

sun squall1853

discophore1856

medusoid1856

starch1860

Discophoran1876

jelly1882

sea-blub1885

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 34^v There swimmeth also in the Sea, a round slymie substance, called a Blobber, reputed noysome to the fish.

1775 in Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) (1779) 68 393 There were many blubbers in the ship's wake, which made a very luminous appearance.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. ii. 23 The sailors call them blubbers, because they are composed of a sort of transparent jelly.

4. The fat of whales and other cetaceans, from which train oil is obtained.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > whale-blubber

blubber1665

bacon1712

whale blubber1844

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 12 The Oyl of the Blubber is as clear and fair as any Whey.

1666 London Gaz. No. 47/1 She..had in her about twelve hundred weight of Bloother for Oyl.

1671 J. Ray in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2275 The fat, which..our Seamen call the Blubber.

1746 in W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate (1757) 43 Not properly Flesh, but Slush, or Blubber, like Whales Blubber.

1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 281 In a large whale the blubber will weigh thirty tons.

5. The action of blubbering or weeping.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > noisy or profuse weeping

weeping tearsa1470

blubbering1579

blubberation1812

blubber1825

boo-hooing1841

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 85 Jotham..whose every breath was a hoarse blubber.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. xi. 536 All in a blubber of tears.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations (chiefly in sense 4), as blubber-boat, blubber-cask, blubber-chopper, blubber-fork, blubber-hook, blubber-knife, blubber-oil, blubber-room, blubber-ship; blubber-fed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed on specific food

brawn-fed1567

haggis-fed1786

blubber-fed1835

pap-fed1873

beefish1887

beef-fed1903

society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > cutting up whale or seal > [noun] > knife or hook

blubber-spade1820

spade1820

strand knife1820

tail-knife1820

blubber-hook1835

whale-spade1852

mincing knifea1884

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > for specific contents

meal fat1360

butter barrel1608

beer-barrel1753

water breaker1834

blubber-cask1835

nail-keg1837

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying other cargoes

stone-boatc1336

ballast boat1665

mast ship1666

luggage-boat1720

hide-drogher1841

oil ship1851

blubber-boat1884

slate-galiot1887

nitre ship1896

treasure-galleon1898

treasure-ship1900

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage vi. 83 We passed a blubber cask.

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1316/1 The fat, blubber-fed..Esquimaux.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxii. 355 The blubber-hook was inserted into the original hole.

1884 Good Words Jan. 40/2 A wooden jetty, a blubber-boat, and a pile of casks.

C2.

blubber-boiler n. slang a whaling ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > whaling vessel

Greenlandman1659

whale-boat1682

whalefisherman1724

whaleman1767

whaler1806

spouter1815

whale-ship1820

catcher1829

sperm-whaler1834

blubber-boiler1851

plum-puddinger1851

five-boater1887

bay whaler1905

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick liii. 267 They..repeat gamesome stuff about ‘spouters’ and ‘blubber-boilers’.

Categories »

blubber-guy n. a large rope, or ‘guy’, suspended between the fore and main masts of a whaler, to assist in securing and supporting the carcass of a whale.

blubber-lamp n. a lamp which burns blubber-oil.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > oil-lamp > burning specific types of oil

butter lamp1852

blubber-lamp1856

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ii. 29 I carried in our blubber-lamp.

blubber-spade n. a spade-like knife used by whalers.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > cutting up whale or seal > [noun] > knife or hook

blubber-spade1820

spade1820

strand knife1820

tail-knife1820

blubber-hook1835

whale-spade1852

mincing knifea1884

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 299 The harpooners..divide the fat into oblong pieces or ‘slips’, by means of ‘blubber-spades’, and ‘blubber-knives’.

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blubbern.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blub v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < blub v. + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblubber.

One who blubs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > weeper

weeperc1380

beweepera1425

weeping1482

well1609

lachrymist1620

greeter17..

blubberer1786

blubber1832

crier1892

1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 393 The purfly sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

blubberadj.

Etymology: Altered from the earlier blabber n., blobber adj., probably under the influence of blub and blubber noun.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblubber.

Swollen, protruding; esp. said of the lips. (Often with hyphen.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > lip or lips > types of

babber-lippedc1400

blab-lippedc1430

blabber-lipped1483

thick-lippeda1529

blobber-lipped1593

blub1603

red-lipped1605

rose-lippeda1616

blubbered1634

sweet-lippeda1644

labrous1656

blobber1670

blubber1677

blubber-lipped1690

red-mouthed1838

blubberous1863

semihiant1873

slobber1895

labrose1905

1677 London Gaz. No. 1211/4 Henry Blomfield..of a ruddy complexion, having full blubber lips very remarkable.

1825 W. Scott Talisman xii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 253 A negro is he not..with black skin..a flat nose, and blubber lips..?

a1845 T. Hood Doves & Crows iii Stretch ev'ry blubber-mouth from ear to ear.

Derivatives

blubber-lipped adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > lip or lips > types of

babber-lippedc1400

blab-lippedc1430

blabber-lipped1483

thick-lippeda1529

blobber-lipped1593

blub1603

red-lipped1605

rose-lippeda1616

blubbered1634

sweet-lippeda1644

labrous1656

blobber1670

blubber1677

blubber-lipped1690

red-mouthed1838

blubberous1863

semihiant1873

slobber1895

labrose1905

1690 London Gaz. No. 2550/4 George Crockeford..with short black Hair..and Blubber-Lipped.

blubber-cheeked adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [adjective] > types of cheek > having

blob-cheeked1552

bright-cheekeda1560

plum-cheeked1598

chub-faced1602

white-cheekedc1602

chuffy1611

lantern-jawed1699

lockram-jawed1699

blubber-cheeked1711

chub-cheeked1715

lank-jawed1778

apple-faced1781

chubby-faced1826

apple-cheeked1827

lank-cheeked1838

bag-cheeked1839

poke-cheeked1843

maiden-cheeked1866

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 178 Blubber-cheek't.

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blubberv.

Brit.

/ˈblʌbə/, U.S.

/ˈbləbər/

Etymology: For forms and etymology see the noun.

†1. intransitive. To bubble, bubble up; to give forth a bubbling sound, as a spring, boiling water. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > effervesce [verb (intransitive)]

burble1303

blubberc1400

bubblea1475

buller1535

seethe1535

bell1598

huff1707

wobble1725

effervesce1784

sotter1834

blob1855

upbubble1865

petillate1942

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > bubble or gurgle

blubberc1400

bubblea1475

gurl1635

plash1665

gargle1681

gurgle1713

guggle1755

papple1755

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1017 Blo, blubrande, & blak, vnblyþe to neȝe.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2174 Þe borne [= rivulet] blubred þer-inne as hit boyled hade.

1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xii. 116 My Kettle..had been boiling, till hearing it blubber very loud..I whipped it off the Fire.

2. transitive.

†a. To allow (tears) to bubble forth, to give copious vent to (tears). Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for [verb (transitive)] > shed (tears)

weepc900

shedc1175

greetc1300

fallc1475

raina1560

blubber1583

vent1632

to let fall1816

to turn on the main1836

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Iiv Blubbering foorth seas of teares.

1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 335 She thus begins, And sobbing, blubbers forth her sins.

b. To utter or cry out with copious tears and sobs.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for [verb (transitive)] > expel or emit by weeping

blubber1590

outweep1597

to bluther outa1689

sob1718

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 30 The teares trickled down the vermilion of her cheeks, and shee blubbred out this passion.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. iii. 104 Western, whose Eyes were full of Tears..blubbered out ‘Don't be Chicken-hearted’.

3. intransitive. To weep effusively; to weep and sob unrestrainedly and noisily. (Generally used contemptuously and in ridicule for ‘weep’.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > noisily

blubberc1400

bawl1605

bubble1727

boo-hoo1833

blowter1851

c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 283/1 Han women none other wrech..but blober and wepe till hem list stint.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 458/1 I blober, I wepe, je pleure.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iv. sig. E.iij^v What weepe? Fye for shame, and blubber?

1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. B b iv b Shee blobbryng still, and kindlyng further greif.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. vii. sig. F2^v What, blubbering? Come, drye those teares.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xliv. 72 He..blubbered like a great school-boy who has been whipt.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 119 Phœbe Mayflower blubbered heartily for company.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 203 Diggs is blubbering like a child.

a. transitive. To wet profusely or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to beweep. Also figurative. (The notion of ‘swell with weeping’ is later, and influenced by blubber adj.)

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > with weeping

blubber1584

bluther1637

blub1804

1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 58 Whom he found all blubbered with teares.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. M8^v Her faire face with teares was fowly blubbered.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 49 God sees teares in the heart of a man, before they blubber his face.

1638 J. Suckling Aglaura v. 36 The prettie flowers blubber'd with dew.

b. transferred.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 1st Ser. (1873) 242 Trammels and pot-hooks which the little..Elkanahs blotted and blubbered across their copy-books.

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n.¹c1400

n.²1832

adj.1677

v.c1400

单词	blubber
释义	blubbern.¹ Brit. /ˈblʌbə/, U.S. /ˈbləbər/ Forms: Also Middle English bluber, Middle English–1500s blober, Middle English blobure, blobyr, blubbir, 1600s blobber, ( bloother). Etymology: Middle English blober , bluber noun, blubren , blober verb are both found in 14th cent.: it is uncertain which was of prior formation; perhaps the verb. Being so much earlier than blob , blub , they cannot be extensions of the latter; but are probably onomatopoeic, from the action of the lips in making a bubble, or imitating various bubbling sounds or motions of liquids. Compare the parallel blabber n. There is also a dialect German blubbern, said of water casting up bubbles, and < Low German blubbern in herût blubbern to babble or ‘blether’. See other analogous forms in Wedgwood. The relation to bubble is seen also in the fact that in northern dialect ‘bubble’ is used for the verb in senses 3, 4, as Scottish ‘to bubble an' greit’ = to blubber and weep. †1. The foaming or boiling of the sea. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > foaming or boiling blubberc1400 aesture?1614 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 266 How fro þe bot in-to þe blober watz with a best lachched. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 221 In bluber of þe blo flod bursten her ores. †2. A bubble of foam or air upon water. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > a) bubble(s) scuma1250 boilounc1320 bubblea1350 burblec1350 blubberc1440 bell1483 blobc1540 bull1561 bleb1647 blab1656 air bubble1756 air-bell1806 gas bubble1809 sprot1846 mousse1863 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 40 Blobure [1499 blobyr], burbulium. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 199/1 Blober upon water, bovteillis. 1532 R. Henryson Test. Creseyde in Wks. G. Chaucer sig. Qq.iiii/2 And at his mouth a blubber stode of fome. a1808 State, Leslie of Powis 136 (Jam.) s.v. That he has seen blubbers upon the water..that by blubbers he means air-bubbles. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Blubber, a bubble. 3. A jellyfish or Medusa, also called sea-nettle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Acalepha > member of (jelly-fish) nettle1601 sea-nettle1601 blubber1602 nettlefish1611 red nettle1611 squalder1659 sea-jellya1682 urticaa1682 carvel1688 sea-qualm1694 sea-bleb1700 acaleph1706 sea-blubber1717 Medusa1752 quarla1820 acalephan1834 medusite1838 jellyfish1841 naked-eyed medusa1848 slobber1849 sea-cross1850 sea-danger1850 sun squall1853 discophore1856 medusoid1856 starch1860 Discophoran1876 jelly1882 sea-blub1885 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 34^v There swimmeth also in the Sea, a round slymie substance, called a Blobber, reputed noysome to the fish. 1775 in Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) (1779) 68 393 There were many blubbers in the ship's wake, which made a very luminous appearance. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. ii. 23 The sailors call them blubbers, because they are composed of a sort of transparent jelly. 4. The fat of whales and other cetaceans, from which train oil is obtained. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > whale-blubber blubber1665 bacon1712 whale blubber1844 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 12 The Oyl of the Blubber is as clear and fair as any Whey. 1666 London Gaz. No. 47/1 She..had in her about twelve hundred weight of Bloother for Oyl. 1671 J. Ray in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2275 The fat, which..our Seamen call the Blubber. 1746 in W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate (1757) 43 Not properly Flesh, but Slush, or Blubber, like Whales Blubber. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 281 In a large whale the blubber will weigh thirty tons. 5. The action of blubbering or weeping. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > noisy or profuse weeping weeping tearsa1470 blubbering1579 blubberation1812 blubber1825 boo-hooing1841 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 85 Jotham..whose every breath was a hoarse blubber. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. xi. 536 All in a blubber of tears. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations (chiefly in sense 4), as blubber-boat, blubber-cask, blubber-chopper, blubber-fork, blubber-hook, blubber-knife, blubber-oil, blubber-room, blubber-ship; blubber-fed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed on specific food brawn-fed1567 haggis-fed1786 blubber-fed1835 pap-fed1873 beefish1887 beef-fed1903 society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > cutting up whale or seal > [noun] > knife or hook blubber-spade1820 spade1820 strand knife1820 tail-knife1820 blubber-hook1835 whale-spade1852 mincing knifea1884 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > for specific contents meal fat1360 butter barrel1608 beer-barrel1753 water breaker1834 blubber-cask1835 nail-keg1837 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying other cargoes stone-boatc1336 ballast boat1665 mast ship1666 luggage-boat1720 hide-drogher1841 oil ship1851 blubber-boat1884 slate-galiot1887 nitre ship1896 treasure-galleon1898 treasure-ship1900 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage vi. 83 We passed a blubber cask. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1316/1 The fat, blubber-fed..Esquimaux. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxii. 355 The blubber-hook was inserted into the original hole. 1884 Good Words Jan. 40/2 A wooden jetty, a blubber-boat, and a pile of casks. C2. blubber-boiler n. slang a whaling ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > whaling vessel Greenlandman1659 whale-boat1682 whalefisherman1724 whaleman1767 whaler1806 spouter1815 whale-ship1820 catcher1829 sperm-whaler1834 blubber-boiler1851 plum-puddinger1851 five-boater1887 bay whaler1905 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick liii. 267 They..repeat gamesome stuff about ‘spouters’ and ‘blubber-boilers’. Categories » blubber-guy n. a large rope, or ‘guy’, suspended between the fore and main masts of a whaler, to assist in securing and supporting the carcass of a whale. blubber-lamp n. a lamp which burns blubber-oil. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > oil-lamp > burning specific types of oil butter lamp1852 blubber-lamp1856 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ii. 29 I carried in our blubber-lamp. blubber-spade n. a spade-like knife used by whalers. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > cutting up whale or seal > [noun] > knife or hook blubber-spade1820 spade1820 strand knife1820 tail-knife1820 blubber-hook1835 whale-spade1852 mincing knifea1884 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 299 The harpooners..divide the fat into oblong pieces or ‘slips’, by means of ‘blubber-spades’, and ‘blubber-knives’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). blubbern.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blub v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < blub v. + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblubber. One who blubs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > weeper weeperc1380 beweepera1425 weeping1482 well1609 lachrymist1620 greeter17.. blubberer1786 blubber1832 crier1892 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 393 The purfly sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019). blubberadj. Etymology: Altered from the earlier blabber n., blobber adj., probably under the influence of blub and blubber noun.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblubber. Swollen, protruding; esp. said of the lips. (Often with hyphen.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > lip or lips > types of babber-lippedc1400 blab-lippedc1430 blabber-lipped1483 thick-lippeda1529 blobber-lipped1593 blub1603 red-lipped1605 rose-lippeda1616 blubbered1634 sweet-lippeda1644 labrous1656 blobber1670 blubber1677 blubber-lipped1690 red-mouthed1838 blubberous1863 semihiant1873 slobber1895 labrose1905 1677 London Gaz. No. 1211/4 Henry Blomfield..of a ruddy complexion, having full blubber lips very remarkable. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 253 A negro is he not..with black skin..a flat nose, and blubber lips..? a1845 T. Hood Doves & Crows iii Stretch ev'ry blubber-mouth from ear to ear. Derivatives blubber-lipped adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > lip or lips > types of babber-lippedc1400 blab-lippedc1430 blabber-lipped1483 thick-lippeda1529 blobber-lipped1593 blub1603 red-lipped1605 rose-lippeda1616 blubbered1634 sweet-lippeda1644 labrous1656 blobber1670 blubber1677 blubber-lipped1690 red-mouthed1838 blubberous1863 semihiant1873 slobber1895 labrose1905 1690 London Gaz. No. 2550/4 George Crockeford..with short black Hair..and Blubber-Lipped. blubber-cheeked adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [adjective] > types of cheek > having blob-cheeked1552 bright-cheekeda1560 plum-cheeked1598 chub-faced1602 white-cheekedc1602 chuffy1611 lantern-jawed1699 lockram-jawed1699 blubber-cheeked1711 chub-cheeked1715 lank-jawed1778 apple-faced1781 chubby-faced1826 apple-cheeked1827 lank-cheeked1838 bag-cheeked1839 poke-cheeked1843 maiden-cheeked1866 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 178 Blubber-cheek't. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020). blubberv. Brit. /ˈblʌbə/, U.S. /ˈbləbər/ Etymology: For forms and etymology see the noun. †1. intransitive. To bubble, bubble up; to give forth a bubbling sound, as a spring, boiling water. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > effervesce [verb (intransitive)] burble1303 blubberc1400 bubblea1475 buller1535 seethe1535 bell1598 huff1707 wobble1725 effervesce1784 sotter1834 blob1855 upbubble1865 petillate1942 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > bubble or gurgle blubberc1400 bubblea1475 gurl1635 plash1665 gargle1681 gurgle1713 guggle1755 papple1755 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1017 Blo, blubrande, & blak, vnblyþe to neȝe. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2174 Þe borne [= rivulet] blubred þer-inne as hit boyled hade. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xii. 116 My Kettle..had been boiling, till hearing it blubber very loud..I whipped it off the Fire. 2. transitive. †a. To allow (tears) to bubble forth, to give copious vent to (tears). Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for [verb (transitive)] > shed (tears) weepc900 shedc1175 greetc1300 fallc1475 raina1560 blubber1583 vent1632 to let fall1816 to turn on the main1836 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Iiv Blubbering foorth seas of teares. 1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 335 She thus begins, And sobbing, blubbers forth her sins. b. To utter or cry out with copious tears and sobs. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for [verb (transitive)] > expel or emit by weeping blubber1590 outweep1597 to bluther outa1689 sob1718 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 30 The teares trickled down the vermilion of her cheeks, and shee blubbred out this passion. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. iii. 104 Western, whose Eyes were full of Tears..blubbered out ‘Don't be Chicken-hearted’. View more context for this quotation 3. intransitive. To weep effusively; to weep and sob unrestrainedly and noisily. (Generally used contemptuously and in ridicule for ‘weep’.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > noisily blubberc1400 bawl1605 bubble1727 boo-hoo1833 blowter1851 c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 283/1 Han women none other wrech..but blober and wepe till hem list stint. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 458/1 I blober, I wepe, je pleure. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iv. sig. E.iij^v What weepe? Fye for shame, and blubber? 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. B b iv b Shee blobbryng still, and kindlyng further greif. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. vii. sig. F2^v What, blubbering? Come, drye those teares. View more context for this quotation 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xliv. 72 He..blubbered like a great school-boy who has been whipt. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 119 Phœbe Mayflower blubbered heartily for company. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 203 Diggs is blubbering like a child. 4. a. transitive. To wet profusely or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to beweep. Also figurative. (The notion of ‘swell with weeping’ is later, and influenced by blubber adj.) ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > with weeping blubber1584 bluther1637 blub1804 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 58 Whom he found all blubbered with teares. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. M8^v Her faire face with teares was fowly blubbered. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 49 God sees teares in the heart of a man, before they blubber his face. 1638 J. Suckling Aglaura v. 36 The prettie flowers blubber'd with dew. b. transferred. Π 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 1st Ser. (1873) 242 Trammels and pot-hooks which the little..Elkanahs blotted and blubbered across their copy-books. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1400n.²1832adj.1677v.c1400
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