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Webster 1913 Edition

Slaver

Slav′er

,
Noun.
1.
A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
2.
A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.
The
slaver’s
hand was on the latch,
He seemed in haste to go.
Longfellow.

Slav′er

,
Verb.
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.
2.
To be besmeared with saliva.
Shak.

Slav′er

,
Verb.
T.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.

Slav′er

,
Noun.
Saliva driveling from the mouth.
Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,
It is the
slaver
kills, and not the bite.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slaver

SLAV'ER

,
Noun.
[the same as slabber.] Saliva driveling from the mouth.

SLAV'ER

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To suffer the spittle to issue from the mouth.
2.
To be besmeared with saliva.

SLAV'ER

,
Verb.
T.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel.

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