slew see: slay see: slough
III. verb also slue
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: circa 1769
transitive verb to turn (as a telescope or a ship's spar) about a fixed point that is usually the axis, to cause to skid ; veer , intransitive verb to turn, twist, or swing about ; pivot , skid ,
IV. noun
Etymology: perhaps from Irish slua army, host, throng, from Old Irish slúag; akin to Lithuanian slaugyti to tend
Date: 1839
a large number
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