| Slur (slur) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Slur |
| [imp. & p.
p. Slurred (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Slurring (?).] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel.
sl&?]ra, slo(?)ra, to trail or drag one's self along, D.
sleuren, sl |
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to
disgrace.
To disparage; to traduce.
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to
pass over lightly or with little notice.
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to
trick.
To pronounce indistinctly; as, to
slur syllables.
To sing or perform in a
smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several
notes or tones.
To blur or double, as an
impression from type; to mackle.
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A mark
or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a
reproachful intimation; an innuendo.
A trick played upon a person; an
imposition.
A mark, thus [***upslur] or
***downslur]], 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.
In knitting machines, a contrivance for
depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
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