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sloo (slo͞o), or slue (slū), n. A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
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Slough (?), n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. slōh a hollow place; cf. MHG. slūch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. to hiccough, to sob.]
1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. Chaucer.
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He's here stuck in a slough. Milton.
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2. [Pronounced slo͞o.] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo, and slue.]
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Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also drop seed, and nimble Will.
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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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Slue, v. i. To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.
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Slue, n. See Sloough, 2. [Local]
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