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Webster 1913 Edition
Slue
Slue
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slued
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sluing
.] [Prov. E.
slew
to turn round, Scot. to lean or incline to a side; cf. Icel. sn[GREEK]a
to turn, bend.] [Written also
slew
.] 1.
(Naut.)
To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; – used also of any heavy body.
2.
In general, to turn about; to twist; – often used reflexively and followed by round.
[Colloq.]
They laughed, and
slued
themselves round. Dickens.
Slue
,Verb.
I.
To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; – often followed by round.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slue
SLUE
,Verb.
T.