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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
2. In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used
reflexively and followed by round. [Colloq.]
They laughed, and slued themselves round. --Dickens.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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