Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Slew"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slew \Slew\,
imp. of {Slay}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slew \Slew\, v. t.
See {Slue}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slew
n : (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
{mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot},
{quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the
left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: {swerve}, {sheer}, {curve}, {trend}, {veer},
{slue}, {cut}]
2: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: {skid},
{slip}, {slue}, {slide}]
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