Sekirov Dictionary

slue

/sluː/

verb 4
noun 1
forms 4

verb4

•
To rotate something on an axis.
- 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 — 1841
To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
•
To turn something sharply.
- […]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, — 1861
To slide off course; to skid.

noun1

The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.

forms

slued · slueing · sluing · slues

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