SLUR

slur. Slur, n. slight, disgrace, a curve line connecting notes

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Slur (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring (?).] [[Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl�ra, slo�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. 1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace. Cudworth.
2. 2. To disparage; to traduce. Tennyson.
3. 3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. Dryden. 4. 4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
To slur men of what they fought for. Hudibras. 5. 5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
6. 6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby.
7. 7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.