-lubbers-

v. t. To beslobber. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blubbered p. pr. & vb. n. Blubbering. ] To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Blobber, Blob, Bleb. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A bubble. [ 1913 Webster ]

At his mouth a blubber stood of foam. Henryson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A large sea nettle or medusa. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face! Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Swollen; turgid; as, a blubbered lip. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of weeping noisily. [ 1913 Webster ]

He spake well save that his blubbering interrupted him. Winthrop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Swollen; protuberant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like blubber; gelatinous and quivering; as, a blubbery mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who clubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of a club. [ R. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prop. fr. land + lubber, or possibly corrupted fr. laudlouper. ] (Naut.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Like a landlubber: inexperienced in seamanshap.
Syn. -- lubberly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See Looby, Lob. ] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Land lubber, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. --
Lubber grasshopper (Zool.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., Brachystola magna, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and Romalea microptera, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida. --
Lubber's hole (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the “top, ” next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. Totten. --
Lubber's line,
Lubber's point, or
Lubber's mark, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a lubber; clumsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

A great lubberly boy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Clumsily; awkwardly. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A jellyfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Slubbered p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbering. ] [ Cf. Dan. slubbreto swallow, to sup up, D. slobberen to lap, to slabber. Cf. Slabber. ] 1. To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slubber not business for my sake. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A slubbing machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Slubber + Prov. E. gullion a wretch. ] A mean, dirty wretch. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]