slub is the algal growth on wave/tide washed wharf pilings and small boats; seaweed is big and brown; slub is greenish-black; very unpleasant to touch; and very smelly at low tide.
A great local poet once titled an ode to playing in the landwash, "Slub Lovely Logs".
The definition I know for slub means a knot or twist in yarn. Although I haven't checked out every definition in OneLook many of the online dictionaries bear me out and don't give your definition.
Is it a dialect term? If so, where from? Your profile doesn't mention where you are based.This message has been edited. Last edited by: arnie,
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
The OED1 has an entry for slub meaning 'mud'. It's a dialectal term and may be related to a Dutch word meaning roughly the same thing. Google reveals a person with your name, Tor, in Newfoundland and Labrador. Is that you?
Originally posted by zmjezhd: The OED1 has an entry for slub meaning 'mud'. It's a dialectal term and may be related to a Dutch word meaning roughly the same thing. Google reveals a person with your name, Tor, in Newfoundland and Labrador. Is that you?
And not to be confused with "schlub," which is Yiddish for a stupid, inept person.
"Slub" is highly onomatopoetic, the perfect sound for what it describes.
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Wordmatic, I hadn't heard of "schlub"...great word!
I also found that "slub" can be used as a verb; either meaning to draw out and twist (wool, cotton, etc.) after carding, so as to prepare it for spinning. Or...to cover or plaster with mud.
However, I don't know if "schlub" can be used as a verb meaning to "make someone stupid."
Tor, you see why we all have aliases around here--otherwise people might print out our addresses! Welcome to Wordcraft. I'm pretty new here myself, and it's a fun place to be. Thanks for the "slub" too. I had never heard the word.
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