slue

English edit

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Alternative forms edit

(mostly British) slew

Etymology edit

Unknown. Attested from the late 18th century.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /sluː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -uː
Homophones: slew, slough

Verb edit

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

(transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
- 1841, B.J. Totten, Naval Text-Book‎^[1], page 10:
  raise the boom […] then slue it by a slue-rope on its heel, until the square hole in the cap is fair with the tenon
(transitive) To turn something sharply.
- 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations‎^[2]:
  […] then he incidentally spat and said something to the other convict, and they laughed, and slued themselves round with a clink of their coupling manacle,
(intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
(intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.

Translations edit

to rotate something on an axis

Bulgarian: въртя (bg) (vǎrtja)

to turn something sharply

Bulgarian: извъртам (bg) (izvǎrtam)

to pivot

Bulgarian: въртя се около ос (vǎrtja se okolo os)

to skid

Noun edit

slue (plural slues)

The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
A slough; a run or wet place.

Translations edit

act of sluing

Bulgarian: въртене около ос (vǎrtene okolo os)

Derived terms edit

References edit

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “slew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams edit

LEUs, Lues, Luse, lues