slue
Americanverb (used with object)
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to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
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to swing around.
verb (used without object)
noun
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the act of sluing.
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a position slued to.
noun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of slue
First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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We were trying to get up a slue, or back channel, by a short cut, and the stern-wheel never spun twice in the same direction.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
Ye haue heard how the Danes slue Osrike and Ella kings of Northumberland.
From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England by Holinshed, Raphael
The king of England with his people following in chase of the Frenchmen slue manie, and tooke a great number of prisoners, amongst whome was the French kings chéefe treasurer.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First by Holinshed, Raphael
What he next felt against his knee was the impact of a half-shove, half-blow, brisk enough to slue him around.
From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
Young Jean Groseillers went white as the sails, and scarce had strength to slue the guns back or jacket their muzzles.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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