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lubber

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lubber  \Lub"ber\,  n.  [Cf.  dial.  Sw  lubber.  See  {Looby},  {Lob}.] 
  A  heavy,  clumsy,  or  awkward  fellow;  a  sturdy  drone;  a  clown. 
 
  Lingering  lubbers  lose  many  a  penny.  --Tusser. 
 
  {Land  lubber},  a  name  given  in  contempt  by  sailors  to  a 
  person  who  lives  on  land. 
 
  {Lubber  grasshopper}  (Zo["o]l.),  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},  {point},  or  {mark},  a  line  or  point  in  the 
  compass  case  indicating  the  head  of  the  ship,  and 
  consequently  the  course  which  the  ship  is  steering. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lubber 
  n  1:  an  awkward  stupid  person  [syn:  {lout},  {klutz},  {clod},  {stumblebum}, 
  {goon},  {oaf},  {lummox},  {lump},  {gawk}] 
  2:  an  inexperienced  sailor;  a  sailor  on  the  first  voyage  [syn: 
  {landlubber},  {landsman}]




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