slew
/sl(j)uː/ noun C2- The act, or process of slewing.
- A device used for slewing.
- A change of position.
- A lateral swaying or tendency to sway.
Plural slews
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When they had admitted him into the cote, they found that he made more havoc and slew a larger number of them in one day than the Kite could pounce upon in a whole year.
He was drawing in this circle geometrical lines, and seemed as much absorbed in his problem as Archimedes was when the soldier of Marcellus slew him.
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