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English word origin

Etymology of slue

Unknown. Attested from the late 18th century. Compare the sound symbolism of sl- in words like slide, slip, slick, slink, and slope.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued. · Synonym of yaw: The degree of freedom of an object such as the bogie of a train car to pivot about its vertical axis.

verb

To rotate something on an axis. · To turn something sharply. · To rotate on an axis; to pivot. · To slide off course; to skid.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Unknown. Attested from the late 18th century. Compare the sound symbolism of sl- in words like slide, slip, slick, slink, and slope.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

Alternative spelling of slough (“a marshy or swampy place”) (reflecting the alternative pronunciation).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Variant of slough (which is dialectally pronounced /slu/).

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