1. n. hist. a ship or person engaged in the slave-trade.2. n. & v.
--n.
1. saliva running from the mouth.
2 a fulsome or servile flattery. b drivel, nonsense.
--v.intr.
1. let saliva run from the mouth, dribble.
2 (foll. by over) show excessive sentimentality over, or desire for.
Etymology: ME prob. f. LG or Du.: cf. SLOBBER