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Blubber

Blŭb'ber, n.

noun

n. [See BLOBBER, BLOB, and BLEB.] 1. A blobber, or bubble. [Obs.] At his mouth a blubber stood of foam. Chaucer.

  1. The fat of whales and other large sea animals, from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh. Baird.
  2. (Zoöl.) The sea-nettle; the medusa.

Blŭb'ber, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. BLUBBERED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLUBBERING.] To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face. She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair. Swift. Hector's infant blubbered at a plume. E. B. Browning.

Blŭb'ber, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To swell or disfigure the face with weeping. Dear Chloe, how blubbered is that pretty face! Prior-