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slue

1  [sloo] verb, slued, slu⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to turn (a mast or other spar) around on its own axis, or without removing it from its place.
2. to swing around.
–verb (used without object)
3. to turn about; swing around.
–noun
4. the act of sluing.
5. a position slued to.
Also, slew.

Origin:
1760–70; orig. uncert.

slue

2  [sloo]
–noun Informal.
slew 2 .

slue

3  [sloo]
–noun
slough 1 (def. 3).

slew

2  [sloo]
–noun Informal.
a large number or quantity: a whole slew of people.
Also, slue.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; < Ir sluagh crowd, throng, army, host

slough

1  [slou for 1, 2, 4; sloo for 3]
–noun
1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.
2. a hole full of mire, as in a road.
3. Also, slew, slue. Northern U.S. and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or the like.
4. a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE slōh; c. MLG slōch, MHG sluoche ditch
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slew 1 also slue   (slōō)   
n.   Informal
A large amount or number; a lot: a slew of unpaid bills.

[Irish Gaelic sluagh, multitude, from Old Irish slúag.]
slough 1   (slōō, slou)   
n.  

  1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.

  2. also slue A stagnant swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.

  3. A state of deep despair or moral degradation.


[Middle English, from Old English slōh.]
slough'y adj.
slue 1 also slew   (slōō)   
v.   slued also slewed, slu·ing also slew·ing, slues also slews

v.   tr.

  1. To turn (something) on an axis; rotate: slued the swivel chair around; sluing the boom of a crane.

  2. To turn sharply; veer: braked and slued the car around.

v.   intr.

  1. To turn about an axis; pivot.

  2. To turn or slide sideways or off course; skid.

n.  

  1. The act of sluing.

  2. The position to which something has slued.


[Origin unknown.]
slue 2   (slōō)   
n.  Variant of slew1.
slue 3   (slōō)   
n.  Variant of slough1.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
slew

  1. in.
    to drink to intoxication. : They must have been slewing for an hour before one got up and left.
  2. n.
    and slews. a lot; lots. : I have a whole slew of old computer programs at home in a box somewhere.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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sluff (off)

and slough (off)
  1. in.
    to waste time; to goof off. : Watch him. He will sluff off if you don't keep after him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

slew  (n.2)
"large number," 1839, from Ir. sluagh "a host, crowd, multitude."

slough  (v.)
"cast off" (as the skin of a snake or other animal), 1720, originally of diseased tissue, from M.E. noun meaning the skin thus cast off (c.1300), probably related to O.S. sluk "skin of a snake," M.H.G. sluch "snakeskin," M.L.G. slu "husk, peel, skin," from P.Gmc. *sluk-.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2slough
Function: intransitive verb
: to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue sloughing> sloughtransitive senses
: to cast off <slough dead tissue> sloughed>
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Medical Dictionary

slough (slŭf)
n.
A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, a sore, or an inflammation. v. sloughed, slough·ing, sloughs
To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.

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Science Dictionary
slough   (slŭf)  Pronunciation Key 
Noun   The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or an amphibian.

Verb   To shed an outer layer of skin.
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