slub Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
    burl; knot.

WordNet

Slub noun
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.
Slub transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Slubbed ; present participle & verbal noun Slubbing
Definitions
  1. To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

Webster 1913