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Definition of Slavering
1. a. Drooling; defiling with saliva.
Definition of Slavering
1. Verb. (present participle of slaver) ¹
2. Adjective. drooling saliva ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slavering
1. slaver [v] - See also: slaver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slavering
Literary usage of Slavering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1856)
"My attention was once directed to a cow that had been slavering for upwards of
nine months previous. Gallons of saliva might he caught in the course of ..."
2. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1854)
"Slavering. — {Augmented Salivary Secretion.*) Slavering horses are frequently
met with in farming districts, where clover is used as an article of fodder. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"... slavering, talkative. See Glair. We are however puzzled by the resemblance of Sc.
... slavering ..."
4. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1852)
"Slavering IN HORSES. DEAR SIR :—A year or more ago, I answered in the columns of
the "Cultivator" a letter, (the author I do not remember,) setting forth ..."
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