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,
         slue, slew, cut]
    2: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
       manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
       skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]

sloo \sloo\ (sl[=oo]), or slue \slue\ (sl[=u]), n.
   A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
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Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[=o]h a hollow
   place; cf. MHG. sl[=u]ch 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.
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            He's here stuck in a slough.          --Milton.
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   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.]
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   Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for
      grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also drop
      seed, and nimble Will.
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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.
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Slue \Slue\, n.
   See Sloough, 2. [Local]
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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.
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   2. In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used
      reflexively and followed by round. [Colloq.]
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            They laughed, and slued themselves round. --Dickens.
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