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