Slav"er (?), n.
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.
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Slav"er (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slavering.] [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
1.
To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
2.
To be besmeared with saliva.
Shak.
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Slav"er, v. t.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
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Slav"er, n.
Saliva driveling from the mouth.
Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,
It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.
Pope.
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