Drunk. A slang word which has fallen into disuse.
1837.
Night is the time for those, | |
Who, when they take their wine, | |
By redness of the nose, | |
Or any other sign, | |
Give evidence, whence we conclude, | |
That they re unquestionably slewd! | |
Knick. Mag., ix. 201 (Feb.). |
1837. According to the Philadelphia Ledger, a man has been found in the gutter of one of the streets of that city who, like Goliath of Gath, was slewed with a sling.Balt. Comml. Transcript, Sept. 7, p. 2/1.
1846. We bolted in, and horresco referens, found Frank, as he expressed it, not drunk, but shlightly shlewed.Yale Lit. Mag., xi. 282.
1856. [Goliath] was a giant, but he had a weak head. How so? Why, to get so easily slewed. That was owing to the strength of the sling.Weekly Oregonian, Aug. 13.