slue
verb (used with object)
to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
had slued
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past perfectof slue.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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On early runs over the bumpy, damp salt flats at Bonneville, Utah, the long, low car had slued into stomach-stopping skids.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hulk had slued around and was driving before the tempest, whither he did not know.
From Dan Merrithew by J. V. McFall
Then they followed his horse-tracks till late the second day, and found that the horse had slued round and was making for home again with nobody on him.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
