different between slud vs slub

English

Etymology

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Noun

slud (uncountable)

1. (geology) A rapid soil creep, especially referring to downslope soil movement in periglacial areas.

Synonyms

• (rapid soil creep): sludging, soil flow, soil fluction, solifluction.

See also

• sluds

Anagrams

• DLUs, LUDs, ULDs, luds

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sludd.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uð

Noun

slud n

1. sleet (mixture of rain and snow)

Declension

Derived terms

• slude
• sludbyge

References

• “slud” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

slub (plural slubs)

1. A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
2. Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.

Verb

slub (third-person singular simple present slubs, present participle slubbing, simple past and past participle slubbed)

1. To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

Related terms

• slubber
• slubbings
• slubbing billy

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.