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  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. 




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