SLUES

Noun

slues

plural of slue

Anagrams

• Luses, Susel

Source: Wiktionary


SLUE

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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