Read full poem →[Footnote 89: The waters of the Lerna were infected by the venom from
the serpent Hydra, which Hercules slew.]
Dictionary Entry
The act, or process of slewing.
Origin
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Common Phrases
rate slew. slewmany slewslew whole
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Poetry examples for “slew”
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Read full poem →His tents beside the forest. Then he drave
The heathen; after, slew the beast, and fell’d
Read full poem →Those that in barbarian burials kill’d the slave, and
slew the wife,
Felt within themselves the sacred passion of the
Read full poem →Ye were mighty in heart from of old,
Ye slew with the spear, and are slain.
Keen after heat is the cold,
Read full poem →Carrier came down to the Loire and slew,
Till all the ways and the waves waxed red:
Read full poem →But like to death he came with death, and sought
And slew and spoiled and gat him that he would.
For death, for marriage, and for child-getting,
Read full poem →_Cain._ He was so good, his brother hated him,
And slew him for’t. Go on, my mother, on.
Read full poem →When the false English Nobles and their Jew,
By God demented, slew
The Trust they stood twice pledged to keep from wrong,
Read full poem →But I proclaim from the dust
That he slew me to gratify his hatred.
Read full poem →I slew a worm the other day --
A "Savant" passing by