slaver

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++slav·er1 /ˈslævə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]  HUNGRY/STARVING literary to let saliva (=liquid produced inside your mouth) come out of your mouth, especially because you are hungry 垂涎，淌口水〔尤因饥饿〕 SYN drool→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

slaver• The dogs started racing toward us, howling and slavering.

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slav·er2 /ˈsleɪvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old use  1. BEsomeone who sells slaves 奴隶贩子2. TTWa ship for moving slaves from one place to another 奴隶贩运船

Examples from the Corpus

slaver• Hands are not so easy come by for a slaver.• At Bristol and Liverpool slavers did make up significant proportions of the merchant fleets.• Have you forgotten that your tribe, the Efik, were among the most notorious slavers on the slave coast?• Although his chains still held him tight, the slavers grabbed him and burnt him with searing irons.• The slavers knew what their slaves were about to discover - that language is a form of power.Origin slaver1 (1300-1400) From a Scandinavian language slaver2 (1800-1900) → SLAVE1

slav·er1 verbslav·er2 nounChineseSyllable  

to saliva produced inside Corpus (=liquid let

slaver

I

slav‧er¹ /ˈslævə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]literary to let saliva (=liquid produced inside your mouth) come out of your mouth, especially because you are hungry
   SYN  drool

II

slav‧er² /ˈsleɪvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old use1. someone who sells slaves
2. a ship for moving slaves from one place to another