Definition of Lubbir
Lub"ber (?), n. [Cf. dial. Sw.
lubber. See Looby, Lob.] A heavy, clumsy,
or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.
Lingering lubbers lose many a
penny. Tusser.
Land lubber, a name given in contempt by
sailors to a person who lives on land. -- Lubber
grasshopper (Zoöl.), a large, stout, clumsy
grasshopper; esp., Brachystola magna, from the Rocky Mountain
plains, and Romalea microptera, which is injurious to orange
trees in Florida. -- Lubber's hole
(Naut.), a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast,
through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the
futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by
lubbers. Totten. -- Lubber's line,
point, or mark, a line or
point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and
consequently the course which the ship is steering.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
LUBBER. An awkward fellow: a name given by sailors to
landsmen.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- a clumsy or lazy person
- (nautical) an inexperienced sailor; a landlubber
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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