Noah Webster
Blubber
BLUB'BER, noun [See Blobber, Blob and Bleb.]
1. A blobber, or bubble; a common vulgar word, but legitimate.
2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals, of which is made train-oil. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.
3. Sea nettle, or sea blubber the medusa.
BLUB'BER, verb intransitive To weep in such a manner as to swell the cheeks.
If I mistake not, this word carries with it the idea of weeping, so as to slaver.
BLUB'BER, verb transitive To swell the cheeks or disfigure the face with weeping.