slurn.1
/sləː/, U.S. /slər/ Now dialect.
Thin or fluid mud. Cf. slurry n. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun] > thin or soft
addleOE
slougha1225
mirec1390
slurc1440
slurryc1440
sludge1702
slush1772
slop1796
slosh1808
stabble1821
sposh1836
sleck1840
flop1844
squad1847
slather1876
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 460/1 Sloor [v.r. slore], or sowr.., cenum, limus.
1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing xxx. 382 Yet it [work] may not be foule, being soyled, and slubbered with the slurre of a rotten heart.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Slur,..loose, thin, almost fluid mud.
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Slore, dirt, sump.
1878 S. H. Miller & S. B. J. Skertchly Fenland iv. 131 Slur—thin washy mud.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
slurn.2
/sləː/, U.S. /slər/ 1. † a. A gliding movement in dancing. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > gliding step
slur1598
chasing1775
glissade1843
chassé1867
glide1889
sashayc1940
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H3 In discoursing of the gracefull slur: Who euer heard spruce skipping Curio Ere prate of ought, but of the whirle on toe.
1668 J. Dryden Secret-love v. i. 50 I can..walk with a courant slurr, and at every step peck down my Head.
1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iv. i One, two, three, and a slur.
b. dialect. A slide; a sliding course.
ΚΠ
1854– in Lanc. and Northampt. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > cheating
cogc1555
coggingc1555
slura1643
knapa1658
topping1663
petard1664
prick-penny1664
knapping1671
palming1671
gammoning1700
top1709
eclipse1711
peep1711
waxing1726
sightingc1752
a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. iii. 28 Your hollowed thumb join'd with your wriggled box, The slur, and such like are not to be talk'd of.
1664 J. Wilson Cheats iv. i. 46 Did not I..teach you, your Top, your Palm, and your Slur?.. And generally, instructed you from Prick-penny, to Long Lawrence?
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 143 Rooking Gamesters..venture all their Bets Upon the Slurs, and cunning Tricks of ablest Cheats.
3. A sliding piece of mechanism in a knitting-machine, serving to depress the sinkers. Also attributive, as slur-bar, slur-cock, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > knitting machine > parts of
sinkerc1689
jack sinkera1749
Jack1750
slur1796
needle1829
slay-bar1843
verge1854
ribber1877
thread-carrier1877
1796 Trans. Soc. Arts 14 279 To move the catches from the end of the jacks, and let them fall, the slur..passes behind them.
1796 Trans. Soc. Arts 14 280 The slur is composed of two pieces screwed together.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 747/2 A straight iron bar,..called the slur bar, is extended beneath all the jacks, and upon this a piece of metal, called the slur, travels with rollers to reduce the friction.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1237/2 The sinkers..are at the same time depressed, one after another, by the cam or slur above them.
1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses ix. 98 The jack sinkers..are operated directly or indirectly by means of the cam of a ‘slur-cock’.
1962 Engineering 15 June 771/1 Straight bar knitting machines..depend largely for their successful operation upon the motion given by a linear cam known as the ‘slurcock’.
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slurn.3
/sləː/, U.S. /slər/ 1.
a. A deliberate slight; an expression or suggestion of disparagement or reproof.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [noun] > an expression or suggestion of
slur1609
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 287 The Count..would bee inraged at this Slur and mockage.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. xvi. 346 Which is a scurvy slur to these Astrologers.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 4 Nov. (1972) VII. 354 My Lord-Generall is become mighty low in all people's opinion, and..hath received several slurs from the King.
1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. lvi. 433 Vitellius seems to have felt this officious zeal as a slur on his own torpidity.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xix. 255 A district would think it a slur to be told that it ought to look beyond its own borders for a representative.
b. A mark, stain, or blot; a discredit (incurred by or cast upon a person, etc.). Const. to or upon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > a stain or slur
spota1225
umberc1380
blotc1386
maculate1490
touch1508
blemish1526
blur1548
attaint1592
stain1594
attainder1597
tachec1610
sullya1616
tainta1616
smutch1648
slur1662
woad1663
a blot on an escutcheon1697
blotch1860
smear1943
1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis viii. 85 It would have been a slurre to the divine goodnesse not to have given being to such creatures.
1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 625 No man can rely upon such an One..without a slur to his Reputation.
1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 127 Not to get the least Slur upon my Reputation.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 14 Who..on the honour of..my wife,..Left a base slur to pass from mouth to mouth.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. iii. 148 Whose revolting predilections are not only a slur upon the age which tolerated them, but a disgrace.
c. In the phrases to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)]
filea1325
foulc1330
tache1390
dark?c1400
distain1406
smita1413
blemish1414
black?c1425
defoul1470
maculate?a1475
macule1484
tan1530
staina1535
spota1542
smear1549
blot1566
besmear1579
defile1581
attaint1590
soila1596
slubber1599
tack1601
woad1603
besmirch1604
blur1604
to breathe upon ——1608
be-smut1610
clouda1616
sullya1616
taint1623
smutch1640
blackena1649
to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654
beslur1675
tarnish1695
blackwash1762
carbonify1792
smirch1820
tattoo1884
dirten1987
1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 151 Some say there was never such a slur put upon the Jesuits.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vii. 404 It would cast a slurre on the credit of such Bishops.
1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. xi. 170 Provok'd..at the Slur that was put upon him.
1785 B. Harrison in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) IV. 90 They..would sensibly feel any slur cast on your reputation.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 239 Tourville would not consent to put such a slur on his profession.
1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iii. 96 To cast an intolerable slur and disgrace upon human intellect.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun]
misnimming?c1225
errora1340
defaulta1387
balkc1430
fault1523
jeofail1546
errat1548
trip1548
naught1557
missa1568
missinga1568
slide1570
snappera1572
amiss1576
mistaking1579
misprize1590
mistake1600
berry-block1603
solecism1603
fallibility1608
stumblea1612
blota1657
slur1662
incorrectnessa1771
bumble1823
skew1869
(to make) a false step1875
slip-up1909
ricket1958
bad1981
1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) ii. xii. §14 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) That Nature should implant in Man such a strong propension.., is such a Slur committed by her as there can be in no wise excogitated any Excuse.
a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 167 That Desire, which makes to the Perfection of all Goodness, must infinitely avoid every slur and Miscarriage as unclean.
3. Printing. (See quots.)
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > blur or smudge
monk1683
mackle1706
slur1770
macule1841
shake1888
workup1948
hickey1961
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 501 Slur, when the impression of the sheets appear smeared.
1882 J. Southward Pract. Printing (1884) 427 The letters may print double—this is caused by a ‘slur’.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 127 Slur, when a printed sheet is blurred or smeared—also called a ‘shake’.
4. Music. A curved line placed over or under two or more notes of different degrees to show that they are to be played or sung smoothly and connectedly.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > slur or tie
ligature1597
tie1656
binding-note1782
slur1786
bind1880
phrasing slur1898
1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Slur, a character..drawn over or under the heads of those notes which are meant..to be blended by a kind of smooth, gliding progression.
1848 E. F. Rimbault First Bk. Pianoforte 63 The chief marks of expression are the Slur, the Tie, and the Dash or Point.
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 399/2 In violin music a slur directs that the notes under it are to be played with one bow.
5. A slurred utterance or sound.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > indistinct utterance
slur1861
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. 60 There were none of..those whining slurs, which are now sold so dear by Italian songsters.
1894 H. Sweet Anglo-Saxon Reader (ed. 7) p. lxxxvi Two short syllables..constituting a slur,..which must be uttered very rapidly.
1898 G. Meredith Poems 111 He [the lark] drops the silver chain of sound..In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake All intervolved.
6. The act or habit of slurring, or doing hurriedly and imperfectly. Also in combinations.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > careless
cursoriness1727
slur1882
steamboating1891
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of
slubbering1582
slobbering1649
scambling1659
skirting1687
steamboating1826
scamping1862
slur1882
1882 R. D. Blackmore Christowell xxii As every one who does good work, in this age of slur, gets overworked immediately.
1884 R. Jefferies Life of Fields (1893) 234 Country people have not yet got into the habit which may be called slur-reading.
7. A blurred atmosphere.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > haze
haze1582
oama1728
mist1785
maze1813
dry urea1824
gauze1842
blight1848
slur1880
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley II. xv. 272 After the fog and the slur of the day, to see the sky at all was joyful.
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slurv.1
/sləː/, U.S. /slər/ 1.
a. transitive. To smear, stain, smirch, sully. Also figurative. Now dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > smear
smear971
besmearc1050
slobber1529
slubber1530
smore1530
to-ray1562
slubbera1586
blur1592
beblur1598
beslubber1598
besmother1598
besmouche1600
slur1602
illine1615
slerga1758
slaister1773
gaum?1825
smarm1847
slob1851
maum1888
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. ii. sig. E4 Her cheekes not yet slurd ouer with the paint Of borrowed crimsone.
1614 S. Latham Falconry i. xiii. 47 A peece of Flannell or Cotten,..foule and slurred.
1658 J. Owen Of Temptation viii, in Wks. (1852) IV. 145 Its beauty would be slurred, its good things reviled.
1716 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 239 This Gent. hath many good Qualities, tho' they were all slurr'd by his complying with the Rebells in opposition to K. James.
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 187 Pennant,..Whose pages, though slurr'd with the dear egomet, Demand from a public warm gratitude's debt.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism ii. 46 The most pernicious and virulent heart has no power of ejecting its venom upon a fair surface;—it must slur whatever it means to poison.
b. Printing. To smudge or blur.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > manner or style of printing > style of printing [verb (transitive)] > blur or smudge
slur1683
macule1841
mackle1867
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 117 The Broad Sholdering..receiving the Ink..slurs the Printed Paper.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 323 The Plattin..shoves the Sheet upon the Face of the Letter, and sometimes Slurs, and sometimes Doubles it.
1870 Eng. Mech. 11 Feb. 534/3 I do not find the proof slurred.
c. U.S. To coat or cover (a wall) with plaster or rough-cast.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > plaster
teer1382
pargeta1398
plastera1400
tirea1400
spargetc1440
tarras1485
spargen1512
pargen1536
sparge1560
cast1577
through-cast1611
parge1637
emplaster1649
run1849
slur1885
1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 531/1 The rear wall is slurred, and from it three windows open into a garden.
2. To disparage, depreciate, calumniate, asperse.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
low1340
dispraisec1386
minish1402
deroge1427
detractc1449
descryc1450
detrayc1475
dismerit1484
decline1509
vilipend1509
disprize?1518
disable1528
derogatea1530
elevate1541
disparagea1556
detrect1563
debase1565
demerit1576
vilify1586
disgrace1589
detracta1592
besparage1592
enervate1593
obtrect1595
extenuate1601
disvalue1605
disparagon1610
undervalue1611
avile1615
debaucha1616
to cry down1616
debate1622
decry1641
atomize1645
underrate1646
naucify1653
dedignify1654
stuprate1655
de-ample1657
dismagn1657
slur1660
voguec1661
depreciate1666
to run down1671
baffle1674
lacken1674
sneer1706
diminish1712
substract1728
down1780
belittle1789
carbonify1792
to speak scorn of1861
to give one a back-cap1903
minoritize1947
mauvais langue1952
rubbish1953
down-talk1959
marginalize1970
marginate1970
trash1975
neg1987
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iv. i. 100 Coming into the World on purpose to slight and slur that which is of the greatest esteem..with the Natural Man.
a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 141 It is an aggravation of Impiety..that it slurrs (as it were) and defames God.
1707 J. Humfrey De Justif. Baxteriana Coronis 4 That you appear to slur, what I and Mr. B. have wrote, by terming it Arminianism.
1770 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 231 The idea of a triennial parliament, which the jury of London..thought proper to fasten upon him in order to slur us.
1805 W. Scott Let. 10 Feb. (1932) I. 235 Hardly anything was so likely to be of advantage to the Lancastrians as to slur the descent of the house of York.
1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 322 Think not I blame or slur your bravery.
3.
a. To pass over lightly, without proper mention or consideration.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > pass over without adequate attention
skip1412
slip1513
to run over ——1577
overtripa1583
scanta1616
slight1620
slur1660
slur1725
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvii. 203 By slurring the main Scope of the Apocalypse, and pretending [etc.].
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 684 Triumphing, to see the Cause of Theism, thus betrayed by its professed Friends.., and the Grand Argument for the same, totally Slurred by them.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 169 Beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name a poet must not speak.
c1850 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. (1860) I. 19 Biographers have slurred a few facts in their hurry to carry out their theory of favourites.
1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. i. 8 To silence a doubt, or slur a difference.
b. Frequently with over. Also with reference to utterance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > pass over without adequate attention
skip1412
slip1513
to run over ——1577
overtripa1583
scanta1616
slight1620
slur1660
slur1725
1725 J. Swift Let. to Stopford 26 Nov. Your other correspondents tell me that Mr. G...lost 200l. in money, which to me you slur over.
1775 T. Sheridan Lect. Art of Reading I. iii. 212 The little word, as, which is always slurred over.
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 216 The very laconic manner in which the great Sir Noodle slurs over the above topics of literature.
1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars vii. 330 Carlyle has gone far to spoil the story by slurring it over.
c. To disguise, conceal. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
forhelec888
i-hedec888
dernc893
hidec897
wryOE
behelec1000
behidec1000
bewryc1000
forhidec1000
overheleOE
hilla1250
fealc1325
cover1340
forcover1382
blinda1400
hulsterc1400
overclosec1400
concealc1425
shroud1426
blend1430
close1430
shadow1436
obumber?1440
mufflea1450
alaynec1450
mew?c1450
purloin1461
to keep close?1471
oversilec1478
bewrap1481
supprime1490
occulta1500
silec1500
smoor1513
shadec1530
skleir1532
oppressa1538
hudder-mudder1544
pretex1548
lap?c1550
absconce1570
to steek away1575
couch1577
recondite1578
huddle1581
mew1581
enshrine1582
enshroud1582
mask1582
veil1582
abscondc1586
smotherc1592
blot1593
sheathe1594
immask1595
secret1595
bemist1598
palliate1598
hoodwinka1600
overmaska1600
hugger1600
obscure1600
upwrap1600
undisclose1601
disguise1605
screen1611
underfold1612
huke1613
eclipsea1616
encavea1616
ensconcea1616
obscurify1622
cloud1623
inmewa1625
beclouda1631
pretext1634
covert1647
sconce1652
tapisa1660
shun1661
sneak1701
overlay1719
secrete1741
blank1764
submerge1796
slur1813
wrap1817
buttress1820
stifle1820
disidentify1845
to stick away1900
1813 C. Lamb in Philanthropist Jan. 50 Those juggling compositions, which..slur a great deal of brandy or other poison under less and less water continually, until they come..to none at all.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently
put1603
to bob off1605
to put off1612
impose1650
palm1679
sham1681
cog1721
slur1749
pawn1763
to play off1768
to pass off1799
to work off1813
to stall off1819
to fob off1894
1749 J. Mason Ess. Power of Numbers & Princ. Harmony 28 Whilst the longest Syllable or the most emphatical Word shall be slur'd off with a Crotchet or a Quaver.
1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 157 Thus, we see how dextrously he puts the change upon the unwary reader; and..slurs him off with an accidental consequence.
5. Music. To sing or play (notes) in a smooth and connected manner; to mark with a slur.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique
squeak1577
tinkle1582
divide1590
shake1611
slur1746
da capo1764
rattlea1766
to run over ——1789
skirl1818
spread?1822
develop1838
arpeggio1864
propose1864
recapitulate1873
jazz1915
lilt1916
jazzify1927
thump1929
schmaltz1936
belt1947
stroke1969
funkify1973
scratch1984
scratch-mix1985
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [verb (transitive)] > play with specific types of expression
slur1746
staccato1814
attack1818
phrase1866
interpret1880
1746 W. Tans'ur New Musical Gram. 99 Ty'd or slur'd Notes.
1782 [see sense 6a]. 1873 H. C. Banister Music 256 Exception would be made to this..in the case of a series of notes included in one phrase, especially if slurred.
1881 Grove's Dict. Music III. 536/2. The notes included within its limits are said to be slurred.
6.
a. To render confused or indistinct; to blur.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > make invisible [verb (transitive)] > make indistinct
overcloudc1550
fog?1592
blura1616
soften1672
obumbilatea1711
slur1782
haze1801
veil1843
fuzz1907
defocus1955
1782 J. Reynolds Notes Mason's tr. Dufresnoy lvi The parts [of the human figure] never appearing uncertain or confused, or, as a Musician would say, slurred.
1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 120 Lax imagination slurs and confuses the lineaments of living character.
b. intransitive. To become indistinct through imperfect articulation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > mutter or mumble > become indistinct
slummock1828
slur1893
1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 234 His speech, which up to that time had been distinct, began to slur.
7. To go through hurriedly and carelessly. Also intransitive with through.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness
to toy with ——1563
skima1586
slubber1592
slobber1630
huddle1648
to shuffle over, through1656
slobber1765
slattern1781
scuffle1785
slur1857
perfunctorize1866
smatter1881
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > go through or over
to run over ——1577
slubber1592
huddle1648
scuffle1844
slur1857
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 215 They only slurred through their fagging.
1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. iii. 25 Having slurred his early dinner with his usual zest.
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slurv.2
/sləː/, U.S. /slər/ a. transitive. To slip or slide (a die) out of the box so that it does not turn. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (transitive)] > throw > in specific manner
slur1594
nick1598
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Bv If he slurre a die.
1658 J. Harrington Prerogative Pop. Govt. i. xi. 85 A man that hath read my Writings..cannot chuse but see, how he slurs his Dice.
1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (1680) 11 On a smooth table..it is usual for some to slur a Dye two yards or more without turning.
c1700 M. Prior Cupid & Ganymede 32 The usual Trick: Seven, slur a Six; Eleven: A Nick.
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a1680 S. Butler Char. (1908) 90 He [the quibbler] commonly slurs every fourth or fifth Word, and seldom fails to throw Doublets.
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 7 June 1/2 But then Sir, by the by, does he slurr in upon them his State Enthusiasms.
1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 304 Piero de Medici thought Bentivoglio had talk't thus..to slurr upon him a Bravade.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)]
deceivec1330
defraud1362
falsec1374
abuse?a1439
fraud1563
visure1570
cozen1583
coney-catch1592
to fetch in1592
cheat1597
sell1607
mountebanka1616
dabc1616
nigglea1625
to put it on1625
shuffle1627
cuckold1644
to put a cheat on1649
tonya1652
fourbe1654
imposturea1659
impose1662
slur1664
knap1665
to pass upon (also on)1673
snub1694
ferret1699
nab1706
shool1745
humbug1750
gag1777
gudgeon1787
kid1811
bronze1817
honeyfuggle1829
Yankee1837
middle1863
fuck1866
fake1867
skunk1867
dead-beat1888
gold-brick1893
slicker1897
screw1900
to play it1901
to do in1906
game1907
gaff1934
scalp1939
sucker1939
sheg1943
swizz1961
butt-fuck1979
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 81 What was the Publick Faith found out for, But to slur men of what they fought for.
1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 30 The Fathers design'd to put a trick upon him, but in the event they would be slurred themselves.
1732 H. Fielding Lottery Epil. This too may turn me off to-morrow Morning. If that should happen, I were finely slur'd.
3. intransitive. To slide, slide about. Now dialect.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > slip or slide
slidderc897
slidea950
slitherc1200
slep?a1400
slithec1450
slivec1450
rutsel1481
slip1530
slipper1585
glibber1598
slur1617
glide1674
slather1809
scoot1838
sluther1854
slade1895
1617 N. Assheton Jrnl. (1848) 62 To Portfield: ther paid up and made merrie. Tables slurring almost all night.
1675 H. Teonge Diary (1825) 78 Severall tumbles wee had, wee and our plates, and our knives slurrd oft together.
4. To drag, move heavily.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > shuffle or drag the feet
shuffle1576
shauchle1721
slare1726
shaffle1781
scuffle1825
slodge1829
scuff1847
slip-slop1870
slur1889
1889 Cent. Mag. June 250 Her soft, heavy footsteps slurred on the stairway as though her strength were failing.
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