SLUE

skid, slip, slue, slew, slide

(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; “the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”

swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut

(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; “The car cut to the left at the intersection”; “The motorbike veered to the right”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

slue (third-person singular simple present slues, present participle slueing or sluing, simple past and past participle slued)

(transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.

(transitive) To turn something sharply.

(intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.

(intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.

Noun

slue (plural slues)

The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.

A slough; a run or wet place.

Anagrams

• LEUs, Lues, Luse, lues

Source: Wiktionary


Sloo, or Slue, n.

Definition: A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

Slue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slued (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sluing (.] Etym: [Prov. E. slew to turn round, Scot. to lean or incline to a side; cf. Icel. sn to turn, bend.] [Written also slew.]

1. (Naut.)

Definition: 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, v. i.

Definition: To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.

Slue, n.

Definition: See Sloough, 2. [Local]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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