1. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.
"Gaining to his name a lasting slur." South.
2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.]
3. (Mus.) A mark, thus [&upslur or &downslur], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable,
or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.
4. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
Slurred
(Slurred) a. (Mus.) Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked
with a slur.
Slush
(Slush) n. [Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water, slask wet, filth.] [Written also slosh.]
1. Soft mud.
2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.
3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
4. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
5. (Mach.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting
rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.
Slush
(Slush) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slushed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slushing.]
1. To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.
2. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
Slushy
(Slush"y) a. Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets
are slushy; the snow is slushy. "A dark, drizzling, slushy day." Blackw. Mag.
Slut
(Slut) n. [OE. slutte; cf. OD. slodde a slut, Icel. slöttr a heavy, loglike fellow, slota to droop.]
1. An untidy woman; a slattern.
Sluts are good enough to make a sloven's porridge.
Old Proverb. 2. A servant girl; a drudge. [Obs.]
Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightly, doing more service than both the
others.
Pepys. 3. A female dog; a bitch.
Slutch
(Slutch) n. [CF. Sludge.] Slush. [Prov. Eng.]
Slutchy
(Slutch"y) a. Slushy. [Prov. Eng.] Pennant.
Sluthhound
(Sluth"hound`) n. Sleuthhound.
Sluttery
(Slut"ter*y) n. The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines. Drayton.
