Category:Slur

Slur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring.] Etym: [cf. Oe. sloor mud, clay, icel. sl, slo, 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.

2. To disparage; to traduce. Tennyson.

3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or With little notice. With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. Dryden.

4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [r.] To slur men of what they fought for. Hudibras.

5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.

6. (mus.)

Defn: to sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect Smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby.

7. (print.)

Defn: to blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Slur 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.

2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [r.]

3. (mus.)

Defn: a mark, thus [&upslur; 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.

4. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers Successively by passing over them.