Slaver

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slabber \Slab"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slabbered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Slabbering}.] [OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D.
     slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben,
     Icel. slafra. Cf. {Slaver}, {Slobber}, {Slubber}.]
     To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly,
     like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool. [Written also


     {slaver}, and {slobber}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slaver \Slav"er\, n.
     Saliva driveling from the mouth.
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           Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,
           It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slaver \Slav"er\, n.
     1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
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     2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a
        slave merchant, or slave trader.
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              The slaver's hand was on the latch,
              He seemed in haste to go.             --Longfellow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slaver \Slav"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slavered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Slavering}.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See {Slabber}.]
     1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
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     2. To be besmeared with saliva. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slaver \Slav"er\, v. t.
     To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with
     drivel; to slabber.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slaver
       n 1: a person engaged in slave trade [syn: {slave dealer}, {slave
            trader}]
       2: someone who owns slaves [syn: {slaveholder}, {slave owner}]
       v : let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: {drivel},
            {drool}, {slabber}, {slobber}, {dribble}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "slaver":
     adulate, apple-polish, babble, be insane, beslobber, beslubber,
     blandish, bootlick, cajole, compliment, conceit, cower, cringe,
     dote, dribble, drivel, drool, expectorate, expectoration,
     fawn upon, flatter, foam, froth, grovel, have a demon, hawk,
     kowtow, make fair weather, mouth-watering, nonsense,
     oil the tongue, palaver, panderer, piffle, pimp, praise, ptyalism,
     rage, ramble, rant, rave, rubbish, run amok, run mad, saliva,
     salivate, salivation, sialagogue, slabber, slobber, slobber over,
     spew, spit, spittle, sputum, toady, truckle, twaddle, wander,
     water, wheedle