Slue

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SLUED; p. pr. & vb. n. SLUING.] [Prov. Eng. slew, to turn round, Scot. to lean or incline to a side. Cf. Icel. snúa, to turn, bend.] [Written also slew.]

1. (Naut.) To turn about a fixed point, usually the center, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn;—used also of any heavy body.
2. To turn about; to twist;—often followed by round.

They laughed, and slued themselves round. Dickens.