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slubbing


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slubbing  \Slub"bing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Slub}. 
 
  {Slubbing  billy},  or  {Slubbing  machine},  the  machine  by  which 
  slubs  are  formed. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slub  \Slub\,  n.  [Etymol.  uncertain.] 
  A  roll  of  wool  slightly  twisted;  a  rove;  --  called  also 
  {slubbing}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slub  \Slub\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slubbed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slubbing}.] 
  To  draw  out  and  twist  slightly;  --  said  of  slivers  of  wool.