SLEW


Meaning of SLEW in English

v. & n. (also slue)

v.tr. & intr. (often foll. by round) turn or swing forcibly or with effort out of the forward or ordinary position.

n. such a change of position.

[ 18th-c. Naut.: orig. unkn. ]

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