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slub

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See also: sľub and ślub

English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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slub (countable and uncountable, plural slubs)

  1. (countable) A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
    • 2014, Thomas Allison, Moonshine Memories, page 98:
      The huge bolts of cloth had to be checked for imperfections such as slubs and misweaves.
  2. Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.

Verb

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slub (third-person singular simple present slubs, present participle slubbing, simple past and past participle slubbed)

  1. To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.
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References

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  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

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