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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.
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