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Pronunciation : Slav"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.

2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader. The slaver's hand was on the latch, He seemed in haste to go. Longfellow.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slav"er
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
Definition : 1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.

2. To be besmeared with saliva. Shak.

i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slavering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slav"er
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slav"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Saliva driveling from the mouth. Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Pope.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913