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Slur (sl&û;r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred (sl&û;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring (sl&û;r"rĭng).] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl&ō;ra, sloðra, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.] 1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace. Cudworth.
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2. To disparage; to traduce. Tennyson.
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3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
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With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. Dryden.
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4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]
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To slur men of what they fought for. Hudibras.
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5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur one's words.
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6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby.
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7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
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Slur, n. 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.
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2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.]
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3. (Mus.) A mark, thus [⌢ or ⌣], 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.
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4. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
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