slue

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So his, which Women slue, And it int' Hebrus threw, Such sounds yet forth it sent, The Bankes to weepe that drue, 40As downe the streame it went.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

It is what the river-men call a "slue channel"; and we had to take frequent soundings to follow it.

From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Hutchins, Frank W.

We spent seven days in and out of that slue.

From Vanished Arizona by Summerhayes, Martha

The king of England with his people following in chase of the Frenchmen slue manie, and tooke a great number of prisoners, amongst whome was the French kings chéefe treasurer.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First by Holinshed, Raphael

Exhausted as it was, it would still slue round, jerking the bridle away with every attempt to seize it.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram