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slew

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slew  \Slew\  (sl[=oo]),  n.  [See  {Slough}  a  wet  place.] 
  A  wet  place  a  river  inlet. 
 
  The  praire  round  about  is  wet,  at  times  almost  marshy, 
  especially  at  the  borders  of  the  great  reedy  slews. 
  --T. 
  Roosevelt. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slay  \Slay\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Slew};  p.  p.  {Slain};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slaying}.]  [OE.  slan,  sl?n,  sleen,  slee,  AS  sle['a]n  to 
  strike,  beat  slay;  akin  to  OFries  sl[=a],  D.  slaan,  OS  & 
  OHG.  slahan  G.  schlagen  Icel.  sl[=a],  Dan.  slaae,  Sw  sl?, 
  Goth.  slahan  perhaps  akin  to  L.  lacerare  to  tear  to  pieces, 
  Gr  ????,  E.  lacerate.  Cf  {Slaughter},  {Sledge}  a  hammer, 
  {Sley}.] 
  To  put  to  death  with  a  weapon,  or  by  violence;  hence  to 
  kill;  to  put  an  end  to  to  destroy. 
 
  With  this  sword  then  will  I  slay  you  both  --Chaucer. 
 
  I  will  slay  the  last  of  them  with  the  sword.  --Amos  ix 
  1. 
 
  I'll  slay  more  gazers  than  the  basilisk.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  To  kill;  murder;  slaughter;  butcher. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slew  \Slew\, 
  imp.  of  {Slay}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slew  \Slew\,  v.  t. 
  See  {Slue}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  In  general,  to  turn  about  to  twist;  --  often  used 
  reflexively  and  followed  by  round.  [Colloq.] 
 
  They  laughed,  and  slued  themselves  round.  --Dickens. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slew 
  n  :  (often  followed  by  `of')  a  large  number  or  amount  or  extent: 
  "a  batch  of  letters";  "a  deal  of  trouble";  "a  lot  of 
  money";  "it  must  have  cost  plenty"  [syn:  {batch},  {deal}, 
  {flock},  {good  deal},  {great  deal},  {hatful},  {heap},  {lot}, 
  {mass},  {mess},  {mickle},  {mint},  {muckle},  {peck},  {pile}, 
  {plenty},  {pot},  {quite  a  little},  {raft},  {sight},  {spate}, 
  {stack},  {tidy  sum},  {wad},  {whole  lot},  {whole  slew}] 
  v  1:  turn  sharply;  change  direction  abruptly;  "The  car  cut  to  the 
  left  at  the  intersection";  "The  motorbike  veered  to  the 
  right"  [syn:  {swerve},  {sheer},  {curve},  {trend},  {veer}, 
  {slue},  {cut}] 
  2:  slide  sideways  [syn:  {skid},  {slip},  {slue},  {slide}]




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