{i} one who deals in slaves, one who owns slaves; slave ship; saliva; nonsense, drivel
If an animal slavers, liquid comes from its mouth, for example because it is about to attack and eat something. Mad guard dogs slavered at the end of their chains. the wolf's slavering jaws. = slobber. to let saliva (=liquid produced inside your mouth) come out of your mouth, especially because you are hungry = drool (From a language)
{f} dribble saliva from the mouth, drool; slobber; flatter, act in an obsequious manner
[ 'sla-v&r, 'slA-, 'slä ] (verb.) 14th century. From medieval English slaveren, of Scandinavian origin, akin to or derived from Old Norse slafra "to slaver", probably imitative