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

sloo \sloo\ sl=oo, or slue \slue\ sl=u, n.
   a slough; a run or wet place. see 2d slough, 2.
   1913 webster
see also:
slough 

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

slough \slough\, n. oe. slogh, slough, as. sl=oh a hollow
   place; cf. mhg. sl=uch an abyss, gullet, g. schlucken to
   swallow; also gael.  ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, ir. slug
   to swallow. gr. ????? to hiccough, to sob.
   1. a place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            he's here stuck in a slough.          --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. pronounced sl=oo. a wet place; a swale; a side channel
      or inlet from a river.

   note: in this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo,
         and slue.
         1913 webster

   slough grass bot., a name in the mississippi valley for
      grasses of the genus muhlenbergia; -- called also drop
      seed, and nimble will.
      1913 webster
see also:
sloo slue slough grass muhlenbergia drop seed nimble will 

[3] : 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 

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

slue \slue\, v. i.
   to turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and
   turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by
   round.
   1913 webster

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

slue \slue\, n.
   see sloough, 2. local
   1913 webster
see also:
sloough 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

slue
     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,
           slew, cut
     2: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
        manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" syn: skid,
         slip, slew, slide
see also:
swerve sheer curve trend veer slew 
cut skid slip slide 

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