[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
slough 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

slew \slew\, v. t.
   see slue.
   1913 webster
see also:
slue 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

slew \slew\,
   imp. of slay.
   1913 webster
see also:
slay 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

slay \slay\, v. t. imp. slew; p. p. slain; p. pr.  vb. n.
   slaying. oe. slan, sl?n, sleen, slee, as. sle'an 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.
   1913 webster

         with this sword then will i slay you both. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         i will slay the last of them with the sword. --amos ix.
                                                  1.
   1913 webster

         i'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. --shak.
   1913 webster

   syn: to kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.
        1913 webster
see also:
slew slain slaying slaughter sledge sley 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. in general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used
      reflexively and followed by round. colloq.
      1913 webster

            they laughed, and slued themselves round. --dickens.
      1913 webster
see also:
slued sluing slew 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

slay
     v : kill intentionally and with premeditation; "the mafia boss
         ordered his enemies murdered" syn: murder, hit, dispatch,
          bump off, polish off, remove
     also: slew, slain
see also:
murder hit dispatch bump off polish off remove 
slew slain 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
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 
swerve sheer curve trend veer 
slue cut skid slip slide 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

slew
     see slay
see also:
slay 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "slew":
   batch, bunch, clump, cluster, considerable, copse, crop, deal,
   gobs, good deal, great deal, group, grouping, groupment, grove,
   hassock, heap, heaps, jillion, knot, lashings, loads, lot, lots,
   mess, million, mint, oodles, pack, peck, pile, piles, pot,
   quantities, quite a little, raft, rafts, scads, shock, sight,
   slews, spate, stack, stacks, stook, thicket, thousand, tidy sum,
   trillion, tuft, tussock, wad, wads, whole slew, wisp

Slew >> S Words
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Seattle Slew - Official Site of the Only Undefeated Triple Crown Winner
...... The Only Undefeated Triple Crown Winner - Seattle Slew ... ..
http://www.seattleslew.com/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 2:02 pm

Road to the Triple Crown: History: Winners: Seattle Slew
...SEATTLE SLEW. Seattle Slew's story is another reminder of how fickle ... Seattle Slew had a new trainer, Douglas Peterson. Seattle Slew would ... ..
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/tc2000/history/winners/seattleslew/default.asp, score=81, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:47 pm

Three Chimneys
...to 5, 2001. SLEW CITY SLEW (Berkley Prince). $1,166,296, Gulfstream ... Syndicate for entrusting us with this great champion. Seattle Slew was ... ..
http://www.threechimneys.com/SeattleSlew/, score=60, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:11 pm

Seattle Slew 1974 - 2002
...Seattle Slew - from the Unofficial Hall of Fame *Seattle Slew Photo ... Seattle Slew - the 1977 Triple Crown winner with photos *Seattle Slew ... ..
http://horseracing.about.com/library/weekly/aa050702a.htm, score=60, date indexed=December 17, 2005, 11:52 pm

ESPN Classic - Seattle Slew exploded from humble beginnings
...Meanwhile, Excellor blew by Slew to win by a nose.. Seattle Slew's ... Slew won the Woodward Stakes over Exceller. Then in October, Slew and ... ..
http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Seattle_Slew.html, score=60, date indexed=January 31, 2006, 8:43 am

USATODAY.com - Seattle Slew, last living Triple Crown winner, dies
...Slew's age of 28 is said to be the human equivalent of being 90-100 ... "You had a certain number of people who didn't like Slew because he ... ..
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/horses/stories/2002-05-07-seattle-slew.htm, score=50, date indexed=January 30, 2006, 10:11 pm

Seattle Slew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...The primary conduit for Seattle Slew's continuation of his male line ... Slew was the leading sire of 1984, when his son Swale, who died later ... ..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Slew, score=48, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 12:18 pm

Slew Rate Control
...The basic principle he uses to control the slew is the same as mine ... will impose a maximum slew rate on a signal; positive and negative ... ..
http://freespace.virgin.net/ljmayes.mal/pubs/slew.htm, score=48, date indexed=December 31, 2005, 5:51 am

TSATS
... ..
http://www.theysangastheyslew.com/, score=46, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 4:33 am

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