n.
The slaver's hand was on the latch,
He seemed in haste to go. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Saliva driveling from the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,
It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A driveler; an idiot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Drooling; defiling with saliva. --
n.;
Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught! Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]
I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this state [ Virginia ] could see the policy of a gradual abolition of slavery. It might prevent much future mischief. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]
The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to. C. Lever. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish, -- the slavery of caste. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]