• (v. t.) To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. • (v. t.) To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely. • (n.) A slubbing machine.
A machine which DRAWS OUT strands of SLIVER and twists them together loosely in order to give the strands (now ROVING) sufficient strength to withstand subsequent operations.
Slub'ber noun A slubbing machine. Slub'ber transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Slubbered ; present participle & verbal noun Slubbering .] [ Confer Danish slubbre to swallow, to sup up, Dutch slobberen to lap, to slabber. Confer Slabber .]