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Definition of Slewed
1. a. Somewhat drunk.
Definition of Slewed
1. Adjective. Somewhat drunk. ¹
2. Verb. (past of slew) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slewed
1. slew [v] - See also: slew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slewed
Literary usage of Slewed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life, Religious Opinions and Experience of Madame de la Mothe Guyon by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1854)
"Of those who do good, but are persecuted for it. the same Christ has said, in
language which gives courage to the fainting heart, slewed care they who are ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"To Slew. To turn round.—Hal. Properly to slip. " It slewed round to the other side.
... slewed ..."
3. The Edinburgh Literary Journal; Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1830)
"Why, Squire, I expect that I was shooting at a mark on the fence, when that dar'nt
porker poked his nose too near the mouth of my rifle, and I being slewed ..."
4. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"... slewed, cronk, salted down, how fare ye, on the lee lurch, all sails set,
three sheets in the wind, well under way, battered, blowing, snubbed, sawed, ..."
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