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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.
Definition 2024
slue
slue
English
Alternative forms
- (mostly British) slew
Verb
slue (third-person singular simple present slues, present participle sluing or slueing, simple past and past participle slued)
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
- (transitive) To turn something sharply.
- Charles Dickens
- They laughed, and slued themselves round.
- Charles Dickens
- (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
- (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.
Translations
to rotate something on an axis
to turn something sharply
to pivot
to skid
Noun
slue (plural slues)
Translations
act of sluing