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Flued vs Slued - What's the difference?

flued | slued |

As an adjective flued

is having a flue or flues (of a specified kind).

As a verb slued is

past tense of slue.

flued

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having a flue or flues (of a specified kind).
    • an open-flued boiler
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    slued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (slue)

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    slue

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (mostly British ) slew

    Verb

    (slu)
  • (nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
  • To turn something sharply.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • They laughed, and slued themselves round.
  • To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
  • To slide off course; to skid.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
  • A slough; a run or wet place.

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