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▪ I. slew, n.1|sluː|
Also slue, sleugh.
[Variant spellings of sloo, ME. slō: see slough n.1]
1. a. U.S. and Canada. A marshy or reedy pool, pond, small lake, backwater, or inlet.
α1708S. Sewall Diary 18 Dec., Got home well in my slay, had much adoe to avoid Slews. 1867F. H. Ludlow Fleeing to Tarshish 112 It's in my heart to believe we could get the Lord's charriat out of this slew. 1888Home Missionary (N.Y.) Dec. 380 We came to a ‘slew’ full of water... The horse..sank deeper and deeper, until he came to a standstill in the middle of the ‘slew’.
β1870J. Orton Andes & Amazons (1876) xvi. 239 Beside a slue of sluggish black water. 1902Blackw. Mag. April 504/1 In the first ‘slue’ we crossed.
γ1891E. Roper By Track & Trail vi. 80 At length we came to a very pretty sleugh, a pond of perhaps ten acres, surrounded by growing rushes and short willow bushes. 1894C. L. Johnstone Canada 47 The frog makes its voice heard in the ponds, or ‘sleughs’, as they are called out here.
b. More generally, an expanse or mass of water. rare.
1915D. H. Lawrence Rainbow ix. 227 Tilly, an old woman now, came in saying that the labourers who had been suppering up said the yard and everywhere was just a slew of water. 1941Penguin New Writing II. 20 Great slews of water flushed along the deck.
2. Coal-mining. (See quot.)
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 225 Slew,..a basin or natural swamp in a coal seam, often running several hundred yards in length.
▪ II. slew, n.2|sluː|
Also slue, slieu.
[f. slew v.]
1. The act of turning, or causing to turn, without change of place; a turn, a twist; the position to which a thing has been turned.
c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 49 The man in the crosstrees..keeps the yard on the right slue, that is with the jackstay up. 1879Stevenson Trav. Cevennes 22 The pack, the basket, and the pilot-coat would take an ugly slew to one side or the other. 1893Alston & Walker Seamanship (ed. 3) 241 The new sail has been swayed up, carefully kept on the right slue.
2. = slewing vbl. n. 2. Usu. attrib.
1958J. G. Truxal Control Engineers' Handbk. iii. 6 (table) Slew rate. 1981Popular Hi-Fi Mar. 78/2 Measurements of slew rate do appear to be relevant to the performance of an amplifier.
▪ III. slew, n.3 colloq. (orig. U.S.).|sluː|
Also slue.
[ad. Ir. slua(gh), crowd, multitude.]
A very large number of, a great amount of. Also in pl.
1839D. P. Thompson Green Mountain Boys II. x. 145 He has cut out a road, and drawn up a whole slew of cannon clean to the top of Mount Defiance. 1858Harper's Mag. May 767/2 By gracious! three thousand dollars is a 'tarnal slue of money. 1897R. E. Robinson Uncle Lisha's Outing i. 2 I've seen slews on 'em [sc. ducks] on the ma'shes. 1937Sun (Baltimore) 13 Nov. 8/1 This fable furnishes an excuse for a whole slue of low-comedy gags and wheezes. 1958Listener 19 June 1015/2, I got up and checked with another inspector. There seemed to be slews of them lounging around. 1970Guardian 9 Apr. 3/2 The offer has brought in ‘piles of letters’... In addition..he has received a ‘slew of calls’ from other bankers asking about the offer. 1978J. Carroll Mortal Friends iv. vi. 458 Should I ask a slew of questions just to draw his gaze my way? 1982Radio Times 11–17 Sept. 86/2 Roger Dennhardt had served three years of a 13-year sentence for armed robbery when..he offered to give evidence for the Crown against a slew of former associates.
▪ IV. slew, n.4 Basketry.|sluː|
[Orig. uncertain: perh. a new sense of slew n.2]
A filling made of two or more strands worked together. Hence slew v.2; ˈslewing vbl. n.1
1902P. N. Hasluck Basket Work 50 Next fill in by working two rods together; this process is known by basket-makers as slewing. Ibid. 53 Start slewing with one rod, add another a few stakes farther on. 1907[see fitch n.3]. 1912T. Okey Art of Basket-Making vi. 27 The slath being now finished he slews up the bottom to its required size. Ibid. vii. 59 Any small modification..may be made, during the slewing up of the bottom. 1953A. G. Knock Willow Basket-Work 47 The upsetting, which is begun with tops, consists of four rounds of three-rod waling, and the siding is a three-rod slew. 1960E. Legg Country Baskets 79 It was made of coarse brown willows in the familiar slew beloved of the worker anxious to turn out as many baskets as he could. 1964H. Hodges Artifacts x. 146 Both slewing and randing require an odd number of stakes.
▪ V. slew, v.|sluː|
Also slue.
[Origin unknown; first recorded as a nautical word and with the spelling slue, which is still freq. employed.]
1. trans. To turn (a thing) round upon its own axis, or without shifting it from its place; also loosely, to swing round:
a. Naut. and Mil.
α1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), To Slue, is to turn any cylindrical or conical piece of timber about it's axis, without removing it. 1841Dana Seaman's Manual 56 Slue the boom with the block up. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 21 To slue up the other reefs. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 183 Slue the mast round.
β1859Griffiths Artill. Man. (1862) 110 To slew a gun, or mortar,..is to turn it on its axis without moving it from the spot on which it rests. This is called slewing the trunnions. 1879Man. Artill. Exerc. 451 The trunnions may be slewed, to bring them horizontal or vertical [etc.]. Ibid. 452 To slew a Gun end for end.
b. In general use.
αc1825J. Choyce Log of a Jack Tar (1891) 79, I'll slue your toplights or you'll not see the road to heaven. 1833Marryat P. Simple vi, Now, my lads,..we must slue (the part that breeches cover) more forward. 1884E. F. Knight Cruise Falcon (1887) 23 A roller caught us and slued the boat round.
β1849De Quincey in Blackw. Mag. LXVI. 749 He slewed him round on the pivot of his hind legs. 1893‘Q.’ (Quiller Couch) Delectable Duchy 120 The old woman..slewed her head painfully round and stared at him.
c. refl.
1834M. Scott Cruise Midge xiii, I gradually slewed myself, so as to lie more on my side. 1852Reade Peg. Woff. (1853) 212 Mr. Vane..slewed himself round in his chair into a most awkward position. 1872G. Macdonald W. Cumbermede I. xiii. 219, I..caught hold of one of the small pillars which supported the roof, and slewed myself in.
d. fig. To beat, to outwit, to trick; also in phr. to get slewed, to lose one's bearings in the bush, to be ‘bushed’. Austral. and N.Z.
1813V. Pyke Wild Will Enderby (ed. 2) i. xi. 62 The general impression seemed to be that Jack Ketch had been ‘slued’ (anglice, robbed of his dues) by the trio. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 106, I was as right as ninepence, and then to be slewed that way, and all for the want of a strap or two. 1929K. S. Prichard Coonardoo xvii. 167 We separated, followin' tracks, and I managed to get slewed. 1944Living off Land iv. 65 Many a bushman has become bushed before now, while even a good bushman may get slewed for a few hours in strange and difficult country.
e. To intoxicate (cf. slewed ppl. a.).
1888W. B. Churchward Blackbirding 209 An awful chap to drink, but it took a tremendous lot to slue him.
2. intr. To turn about; to swing round. Also with over. More recently, of motor vehicles, to skid uncontrollably (across a surface); to slide and turn out of the proper course, to ‘career’.
α1823W. Scoresby Jrnl. Whale Fish. 301 The floe..began to ‘slue’ or revolve. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. the Mast xxv. 83 The martingale had slued away off to leeward. 1883Cassell's Fam. Mag. Dec. 59/2 The two front skates, or runners, are made to slue round at the will of the driver.
β1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxv, They slewed round and were hove up. 1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 171 The giraffe..slewed round like a vessel in full sail. 1873G. C. Davies Mountain & Mere xvi. 136 He was just within shot when his boat slewed round broadside to the waves. 1914Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 389 ‘We overtake on the right as a rule in England.’ ‘Thanks!’ Mr Lingnam slued over. 1943Sun (Baltimore) 8 Sept. 3/2 The..luxury train..slewed crazily over four tracks when its locomotive boiler blew up. 1965M. Bradbury Stepping Westward viii. 380 On one sharp bend the car slewed across the road and angled round again just short of the edge of a deep ravine. 1982B. Chatwin On Black Hill xx. 97 The car slewed off down the yard.
3. Of a control mechanism or electronic device: to undergo slewing (slewing vbl. n.2 2).
1958Gibson & Tuteur Control System Components v. 237 A servo using this circuit tends to have relatively poor synchronizing characteristics when slewing, i.e., when large and rapid changes of the input are made. 1962L. A. Stockdale Servomechanisms vii. 112 The slewing time may form part of the servo specification, i.e. the servo to slew through 90° in the minimum time. |