slue

noun

Etymology: Variant of slough (which is dialectally pronounced /slu/).

1. Alternative spelling of slough (“a marshy or swampy place”) (reflecting the alternative pronunciation).

verb

1. Obsolete spelling of slew; simple past of slay.

   “Hee moreouer ſpecially noteth for the reſt, one Piero Calis, who (in driuing whole droues of that naked people) ſlue all that were not able to trauell, without regard of age, ſexe, or their vſe of labour , which in reſpect of a continuall eaſe;was moſt hard and intollerable to them.”