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slew verb1. [slu:] Also slue. M18.
[Origin unkn.]
verb trans. Orig. Nautical. Turn (a thing) round or round on its own axis, or without moving it from its place; loosely swing round. M18.
G. A. Birmingham A great sea lifts her stern and slews it round. J. Reed Detached the cannon and slewed it around until it aimed..at our backs. W. Soyinka Ofeyi slewed his eyes sharply back to Iriyise.
b. Intoxicate. Chiefly as slewed ppl adjective. E19.
D. Lodge I was somewhat slewed..and kept calling him Sparrow.
c. Beat, outwit, trick. Austral. & NZ. L19.
verb intrans. Turn about; swing round or over; esp. (of a motor vehicle etc.) skid or slide uncontrollably (across or round). E19.
M. Bradbury The car slewed across the road and angled round again. A. MacLean The San Andreas is..slewing rapidly to port.
verb intrans. Of a control mechanism or electronic device: undergo slewing (SLEWING 2). M20.
Comb.: slew-foot noun & adjective (US slang) (designating) a person who walks with turned-out feet or who is clumsy; slew-rope Nautical a rope used in slewing something.