slabbing


slab 1

S0461300 (slăb) n. 1. A broad, flat, thick piece, as of stone or cheese. 2. A cliff or rock ledge that rises at a relatively low angle. 3. A flat poured concrete surface used as a foundation or base for construction. 4. A table on which a body is laid out in a morgue. 5. An outside piece cut from a log when squaring it for lumber. 6. Baseball The pitcher's rubber. tr.v. slabbed, slab·bing, slabs 1. To make or shape into slabs or a slab. 2. To cover or pave with slabs. 3. To dress (a log) by cutting slabs. 4. Chiefly New England To ascend or descend (a steep slope) by an oblique path.
[Middle English.]

slab 2

S0461300 (slăb)adj. Archaic Viscid.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish slab, mud.]