slue3 (slo)

[Also slew; origin obscure.] A considerable quantity: as, if you want wood, there's a slue of it on the pavement. [Slang.] slued (slöd), a. [Also slewed; prop. pp. of slue1, v.] Slightly drunk. (Cant.] He came into our place at night to take her home; rather slued, but not much. Dickens. slugs, the Onchidiidæ.