*slab*

n. [ OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. slip, v. i. ] 1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The wryneck. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) The slack part of a sail. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop puddle. ] Thick; viscous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle. [ 1913 Webster ]

He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost
That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Spittle; saliva; slaver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Slab. ] (Mach.) (a) A saw for cutting slabs from logs. (b) A slabbing machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being slabby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See 1st Slab. ] Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slabbing machine, a milling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Slabbier superl. Slabbiest. ] [ See Slab, a. ] 1. Thick; viscous. [ 1913 Webster ]

They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]