slue

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I am physically, and I've a slue-foot, a withered leg; but I've all the barroom tricks you ever heard of.

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  1. transitive verb To turn (something) on an axis; rotate: slued the swivel chair around; sluing the boom of a crane.
  2. transitive verb To turn sharply; veer: braked and slued the car around.
  3. intransitive verb To turn about an axis; pivot.

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  • He is slue-footed, knock-kneed, and bends over a little when walking. —  The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes
  • By this meanes king Stephan being eased of a great part of his care, fell in hand to besiege the residue of those places which the rebels kept: but they fearing to abide the danger of an assault, fled away, some into one part, and some into another; whom the kings power of horssemen still pursuing and ouertaking by the way, slue, and tooke no small number of them prisoners in the chase. —  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne
  • But when the people that were there gathered in great numbers, had signified in plaine words that he should either come foorth and shew himselfe amongst them, or else that they should fire the place where he sat: he caused Gilbert to go foorth vnto them first, whom they slue, and his partakers also that issued out of the church with him for his defense. —  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror
  • The bishop receiuing hir, on Whitsundaie next following baptised hir, with twelue other of the kings houshold, she being the first of the English Northumbers that was so washed in the founteine of regeneration In the meane time K. Edwin being recouered of his hurt, assembled an armie, and went against the Westsaxons, with whome incountring in battell, he either slue or brought to his subiection all them that had conspired his death, and so returned as a conquerour into his countrie. —  Chronicles 1 (of 6): The Historie of England 5 (of 8) The Fift Booke of the Historie of England.
  • Bless yo' life, Ole Miss wuz dat perticklar she wouldn't drink arter Ole Marster, hisself, 'thout renchin' out de gow'd twel t'wuz mos' bruck off de handle He sighed and shifted his bag Ef Ole Miss 'ud been yer thoo' dis las' war, dar wouldn't er been no slue-footed Yankees a-foolin' roun' her parlour. —  The Voice of the People
 

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