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verb

Slay v. t. (past slew; past part. slain; pres. part. slaying) To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. "With this sword then will I slay you both." "I will slay the last of them with the sword." "I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk."

Synonyms: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.

Slew v. t. See Slue.

Slue v. t. (past & past part. slued; pres. part. sluing) (Written also slew)

(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.

In general, to turn about; to twist; often used reflexively and followed by round. (Colloq.) "They laughed, and slued themselves round."

Slew v. Imp. of Slay.

noun

Slew n. 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."

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"Slew" Quotes from Famous Books

... honest man's experience under the old law. By that law he became aware of sin and felt its sinfulness, yet that law brought no grace nor power to preserve him from violating its prohibitions. He desired to do good, but could not. Sin came to life and slew him. Paul was condemned by the law, and yet he could not come from under the condemnation. He was, so to speak, tied or married to a dead body, a law or master which brought death, and he wondered where deliverance would come from. 'Thank God,' he says, 'it ...

— Around Old Bethany • Robert Lee Berry

... one day near a river in the stillness of the forest, there came from afar an ugly clamour of sound. It struck against the music of Orpheus' lute and slew it, as the coarse cries of the screaming gulls that fight for carrion slay the song of a soaring lark. It was the day of the feast of Bacchus, and through the woods poured Bacchus and his Bacchantes, a shameless rout, satyrs capering around them, centaurs neighing aloud. Long had the Bacchantes hated ...

— A Book of Myths • Jean Lang

... what made her eyes like fireballs. The God of Fire explained everything, for Thor would not speak. Then the hammer was asked for. It was laid in the mock bride's lap. As soon as Thor had it in his hand he stood up, slew all the giants and utterly destroyed the wicked town. Then he went back to Fensalir and told Frigga, his mother, how he ...

— Classic Myths • Retold by Mary Catherine Judd

... the window, and again rose for us the hermitage in the oak wood at foot of a mountain, and the small tower that slew in ugly fashion. Again we were young men, together in strange dangers, learning there each other's mettle. He had ...

— 1492 • Mary Johnston

... winter slew him, we do not know. In 1601 Fitzgeoffrey published a short Latin elegy on Nash in his "Affaniae," alluding in happy phrase to the twin lightnings of his armed tongue and his terrible pen; and Nash had six lines of tempered praise in "The Return from Parnassus." But all we know ...

— The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton - With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse • Thomas Nash

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