From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slur \Slur\, n.
1. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a
stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. "Gaining to
his name a lasting slur." --South.
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2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.]
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3. (Mus.) 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.
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4. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the
sinkers successively by passing over them.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slur \Slur\ (sl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred (sl[^u]rd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring (sl[^u]r"r[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. sloor
mud, clay, Icel. sl[=o]ra, slo[eth]ra, to trail or drag one's
self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do
negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish
girl.]
1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
--Cudworth.
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2. To disparage; to traduce. --Tennyson.
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3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over
lightly or with little notice.
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With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his
crimes. --Dryden.
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4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]
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To slur men of what they fought for. --Hudibras.
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5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur
one's words.
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6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to
connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
--Busby.
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7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to
mackle.
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