'Slue' definitions:
Definition of 'slue'
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Definition of 'Slue'
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- Slue \Slue\, v. 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?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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- They laughed, and slued themselves round. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slue'
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- Slue \Slue\, v. 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Slue'
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- Slue \Slue\, n. See Sloough, 2. [Local] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'slue'
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- sloo \sloo\ (sl[=oo]), or slue \slue\ (sl[=u]), n. A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'slue'
From: GCIDE
- Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[=o]h a hollow place; cf. MHG. sl[=u]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. ????? to hiccough, to sob.]
- 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- He's here stuck in a slough. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Pronounced sl[=oo].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
- Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo, and slue.] [1913 Webster]
- Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also {drop seed}, and nimble Will. [1913 Webster]