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   Slay (?), v. t. [imp. Slew (?); p. p. Slain (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slaying.] [OE. slan, sln, sleen, slee, AS. sleán to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. slā, D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. slā, Dan. slaae, Sw. sl, Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. , E. lacerate.  Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer, Sley.] To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy.
   
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   With this sword then will I slay you both. Chaucer.
   
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   I will slay the last of them with the sword. Amos ix. 1.
   
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   I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.
   
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   Slew (?), imp. of Slay.
   
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   Slew, v. t. See Slue.
   
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   Slew (slo͞o), n. [See Slough a wet place.] A wet place; a river inlet.
   
   The praire round about is wet, at times almost marshy, especially at the borders of the great reedy slews.  T. Roosevelt.
   
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   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. sna 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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