Slew

imp.	1.	imp. of Slay.
v. t.	1.	See Slue.
n.	1.	A wet place; a river inlet. The praire round about is wet, at times almost marshy, especially at the borders of the great reedy slews. - T. Roosevelt.

Noun	1.	slew - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" Synonyms: good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, quite a little, spate, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, stack, raft, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight
Verb	1.	slew - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" Synonyms: sheer, slue, swerve, trend, veer, curve, cut
	2.	slew - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" Synonyms: slide, slue, slip, skid

batch, bunch, clump, cluster, considerable, copse, crop, deal, gobs, good deal, great deal, group, grouping, groupment, grove, hassock, heap, heaps, jillion, knot, lashings, loads, lot, lots, mess, million, mint, oodles, pack, peck, pile, piles, pot, quantities, quite a little, raft, rafts, scads, shock, sight, slews, spate, stack, stacks, stook, thicket, thousand, tidy sum, trillion, tuft, tussock, wad, wads, whole slew, wisp

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