slue

Etymology

Unknown. Attested from the late 18th century.

verb

1. (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
   raise the boom[…] then slue it by a slue-rope on its heel, until the square hole in the cap is fair with the tenon 1841, B.J. Totten, Naval Text-Book, page 10
2. (transitive) To turn something sharply.
   […]then he incidentally spat and said something to the other convict, and they laughed, and slued themselves round with a clink of their coupling manacle, 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
3. (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
4. (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.

noun

1. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
2. A slough; a run or wet place.