subs. verb. (B. E. and GROSE).—1. ‘A Cheat at Dice; also a slight Scandal or Affront.’ Hence (2) to cheat.
1664. BUTLER, Hudibras, II. ii.
| What was the public faith found out for, | |
| But to SLUR men of what they fought for? | |
| Ibid., Remains, ‘Miscellaneous Thoughts.’ | |
| Some flug’ring trick or SLUR. |
1680. COTTON, The Compleat Gamester, ii. SLURRING—that is, by taking up your dice, as you will have them advantageously lie in your hand, placing the one a-top the other, not caring if the uppermost run a mill-stone … if the undermost run without turning.
